{"id":264708,"date":"2010-02-02T00:33:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T05:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/qatar-to-get-an-energy-generating-convention-center-by-2011\/"},"modified":"2010-02-02T00:33:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T05:33:10","slug":"qatar-to-get-an-energy-generating-convention-center-by-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/264708","title":{"rendered":"Qatar to get an energy-generating convention center by 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/02\/qatar-national-convention-center_1_HPe5W_69.jpg\" alt=\"qatar national convention center_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> National Convention Center achieves LEED Gold Certification. <\/p>\n<p>While Dubai and Abu Dhabi are leading the world in eco-responsible projects, designers in Qatar don\u2019t want to be left too far behind. Qatar is building a unique convention center, which has already achieved the LEED Gold Certification by promising better use of resources. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/02\/qatar-national-convention-center_2_ZWfuv_69.jpg\" alt=\"qatar national convention center_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qatarconvention.com\/\">Qatar National Convention Center<\/a> is slated to be completed by 2011 and offers an area of 177,000 square meters, which will include 3600 square meters of solar panels on the roof to provide up to 12.5 percent of the center\u2019s energy demands. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/02\/qatar-national-convention-center_3_bh1ir_69.jpg\" alt=\"qatar national convention center_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the center will feature energy-saving systems that include LED lighting in the exhibition halls and a special wireless convention management system that will provide free internet access to the delegates to reduce paper use. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/02\/qatar-national-convention-center_4_elGCs_69.jpg\" alt=\"qatar national convention center_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenprophet.com\/2010\/02\/01\/16771\/qatar-convention-center-leed\/\">Green Prophet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: National Convention Center achieves LEED Gold Certification. While Dubai and Abu Dhabi are leading the world in eco-responsible projects, designers in Qatar don\u2019t want to be left too far behind. Qatar is building a unique convention center, which has already achieved the LEED Gold Certification by promising better use of resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}