7/31/2019 SRE2012021e
1/2
Press Presse Press Presse
Siemens Real Estate
Munich, Germany, February 8, 2012
Architectural award for future Siemens regional headquarters in
Masdar City
At the international real estate event MIPIM in Cannes, the
future Siemens headquarters for
the Middle East region in Masdar City will receive a MIPIM
Architectural Review Future
Projects Award. The building is part of a long-term strategic
partnership between Siemens
and Masdar, an initiative started up in Abu Dhabi for the
utilization of renewable energy
sources. Designed by the famous British architecture company
Sheppard Robson and
optimized in cooperation with Siemens Real Estate (SRE), the
building will meet top
requirements in terms of architecture, energy efficiency and
equipment.
Currently one of the largest urban construction projects in the
Middle East, Masdar City is being
built near Abu Dhabi, with overall completion scheduled to take
a number of years. When finished,
it will reflect superlative energy standards and accommodate
50,000 people who will live, work and
do research there. In the context of the strategic partnership
with the Masdar initiative, Siemens is
moving its headquarters for the Near and Middle East to Masdar
City. Although still in course of
realization, this new corporate location has been named winner
of the MIPIM Architectural Review
Future Projects Awards at the MIPIM real estate fair in March
2012, in the office building category.
This prize is presented yearly for outstanding civil engineering
projects. The jury gave the following
reasons for their decision: "This is a thorough investigation of
the design of large floorplate space
in an extreme climate, with a well explained proposition
emerging. The ambition for a LEED-
Platinum-rating means the project will be followed by many
designers and clients with great
interest."
With the aid of the latest materials and technologies, the
energy consumption of the new building is
planned to be comparable with that of a German low-energy office
block, even though the climate
of the desert region around Masdar poses a challenge in the form
of summer temperatures above
50C. This results in a 45 percent reduction in energy
consumption and a 50 percent reduction in
water consumption compared with the international acknowledged
ASHRAE standard. The high
energy efficiency primarily comes from the design as a box
within a box, a highly-insulated,
1 / 2
Siemens AGCorporate Communications and Government
AffairsWittelsbacherplatz 2, 80333 MunichGermany
Reference number: SRE201202.1e fp
Press Contact: Guido JaguschTelephone: +49 89 722 750091E-mail:
[email protected] AG Siemens Real
EstateOtto-Hahn-Ring 6, 80200 Munich, Germany
7/31/2019 SRE2012021e
2/2
airtight inner facade reduces thermal conductivity while a
parametrically-optimized lightweight
aluminium external shading system optimizes solar gain and
maximizes day lighting and views
from the building. Certification for the building in the LEED
Platinum category will be aimed for.
Masdar is the principle contractor.
Awarded design of the new Siemens Headquarters for Near and
Middle East Region
Source: Sheppard Robson / Team Macarie
You can find this photo on the Internet at:
www.siemens.com/sre-picture/SRE2012021
Siemens Real Estate, one of the leading corporate real estate
companies, is responsible for Siemens entire real estate
related activities. This comprises managing of the real estate
portfolio, operation of the properties and all property-related
services, responsibility for the commercial exploitation of real
estate and as well as for al l building projects throughout
Siemens. This ensures optimal and sustainable use of resources
in terms of cost, transparency and efficiency. In fiscal
2011, Siemens Real Estate had approximately 3,600 employees and
a turnover of around 2.2 billion euros. Earnings
before taxes amounted to 150 million euros. You can find more
information on the Internet at: www.siemens.com/sre
2 / 2
Siemens AGCorporate Communications and Government
AffairsWittelsbacherplatz 2, 80333 MunichGermany
Reference number: SRE201202.1e fp
Press Contact: Guido JaguschTelephone: +49 89 722 750091E-mail:
[email protected] AG Siemens Real
EstateOtto-Hahn-Ring 6, 80200 Munich, Germany
http://www.siemens.com/sre-picture/SRE2012021http://www.siemens.com/srehttp://www.siemens.com/srehttp://www.siemens.com/srehttp://www.siemens.com/sre-picture/SRE2012021
