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The movement towards high performance buildings has been strong in the recent years. This can be also noticed in the Middle East, especially United Arab Emirates (UAE). Recently, UAE’s energy council approved the idea to retrofit old buildings toward green buildings. The major component of it is the reduction in energy consumption. Similarly, leading education institutes in the Middle East such American University of Sharjah (AUS) is also taking steps towards sustainable construction. Recently, one of the buildings at AUS was awarded with the green building certification. This study compares the recently awarded building with a non-green building at AUS. Comparison is held in terms of energy consumption and carbon footprint of both the buildings. The results showed that green buildings have significant lower energy consumption than existing building. The carbon footprint savings per m for a green building are shown to be 42 kg CO2e/m. In addition to this, U-value of non-green building also exceeds the limit defined by Estidama (UAE’s green building rating system) that reflects on the poor insulating techniques. The calculated U-value of the wall in Engineering building is 4 W/mK compared with 0.32 W/mK specified by Estidama rating. Finally, recommendations are provided that could help in minimizing the energy consumption of the non-green buildings.

Integrating Sustainability Parameters at the American University of Sharjah