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    This document provides information about the Bahrain World Trade Center 1 building in Manama, Bahrain. Some key details include: - It is 240 meters tall with 45 floors above ground and 1 floor below ground. - Its design integrates large-scale wind turbines to harness wind energy and reduce its environmental impact. - It was completed in 2008 and pioneered the use of wind turbines in commercial building design.

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    This document provides information about the Bahrain World Trade Center 1 building in Manama, Bahrain. Some key details include: - It is 240 meters tall with 45 floors above ground and 1 floor below ground. - Its design integrates large-scale wind turbines to harness wind energy and reduce its environmental impact. - It was completed in 2008 and pioneered the use of wind turbines in commercial building design.

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    This document provides information about the Bahrain World Trade Center 1 building in Manama, Bahrain. Some key details include: - It is 240 meters tall with 45 floors above ground and 1 floor below ground. - Its design integrates large-scale wind turbines to harness wind energy and reduce its environmental impact. - It was completed in 2008 and pioneered the use of wind turbines in commercial building design.

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    Bahrain World Trade Center 1


    Height: To Tip
    240 m / 787 ft
    Height:
    Architectural
    240 m / 787 ft

    Height: Occupied
    168.8 m / 554 ft

    Floors Above Ground


    45
    Floors Below Ground
    1
    Click an image to view larger version.

    Facts Companies Involved


    Official Name Bahrain World Trade Center 1 Architect
    Name of Complex Bahrain World Trade Center • Design Atkins
    Other Names Bahrain World Trade Center East Tower Structural Engineer
    Structure Type Building • Design Atkins
    Status COM Main Contractor Murray & Roberts; Ramboll Group
    Country Bahrain Other Consultant
    City Manama • Wind BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd.
    Street Address & Map King Faisal Highway Material Supplier
    Building Function office • Elevator Otis Elevator Company
    Structural Material steel/concrete
    Construction Start 2004
    Completion 2008
    Official Website Bahrain World Trade Center

    About Bahrain World Trade Center 1


    The Bahrain World Trade Center integrates large-scale wind turbines into its design; and together with numerous energy reducing and
    recovery systems, this development shows an unequivocal commitment to raising global awareness for sustainable design. This building is
    pioneering a new direction for designers and owners acting as a technological precedent. The BWTC has shown that commercial developments
    can be created with a strong environmental agenda and addresses the needs of our future generations. The BWTC encapsulates the essence of
    a sustainable philosophy engaging all of the social, economic and environmental impacts of the project. As well as making significant strides in
    environmentally balanced architecture, the building is now considered a source of national pride for Bahrain residents, and is attributed with
    generating economic prosperity within the capital of Manama.

    The BWTC forms the focal point of a master plan to rejuvenate the 30-year-old existing hotel and shopping mall on the site. The planning of
    the site became constrained by the existing buildings and the road network around the site. By extending the main axis of the existing
    shopping mall towards the sea and creating a secondary axis from the Hotel, “Retail Streets” were established. The twin towers’ natural
    location was therefore positioned on the main axis, facing the Arabian Gulf and creating the entrance for the development.

    The inspiration for the twin towers originated from regional “Wind Towers” and their ability to funnel wind, and the vast sails of the traditional
    Arabian Dhow as they harness the breeze in driving them forward. After careful Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling and extensive
    wind tunnel testing, the towers’ shape was literally carved out by the wind to create optimum airflow around the buildings. The elliptical plan
    forms act as aerofoils (see plans on page 91), funneling the onshore breeze between them, creating a negative pressure behind, thus
    accelerating wind velocity between the two towers. Vertically, the sculpting of the towers is also a function of airflow dynamics.

    As they taper skywards, the aerofoil sections reduce. This effect, combined with the increasing onshore wind velocity at higher altitudes
    creates a near equal regime of wind speed on each of the three turbines, irrespective of height, allowing them to rotate at the same speed and
    generate the same energy levels. The three 29-meter (95-foot)-diameter, 11 ton wind turbines are supported on 31.5-meter (103-foot), 70
    ton bridges between the towers. Each turbine generates 225kW. The buildings have been sculpted to funnel the uninterrupted on-shore breeze
    onto the turbines and create a perpendicular slip stream that corrects the wind direction to take advantage of 70% of Bahrain’s wind energy.

    The premium on this project for including the wind turbines was less than 3% of project value. Based on the energy savings and the increased
    value of the building having wind turbines, the payback period is extremely favorable. The initial energy yields during the design phase was
    approximately 15%, therefore 1300MWh per year; however, from early commissioning results the turbines are estimated to generate
    substantially more energy due to the reduced occupancy profile of the building and the wider operational period of the turbines.

    Bahrain World Trade Center 1

    CTBUH Initiatives Videos


    CTBUH Activities in Qatar Energy Harvesting and Motion Control of Tall Buildings Using
    22-27 Sep 2010 – Event Report Tuned Mass Dampers
    19 Sep 2012 – Ahsan Kareem, Professor, U of Notre Dame
    Regional Tours, CTBUH 8th World Congress
    2-6 Mar 2008 – Tour Report Harnessing Energy in Tall Buildings: Bahrain World Trade
    Center and Beyond
    3 Mar 2009 – Shaun Killa, WS Atkins

    Interview: Atkins Middle East


    20 Nov 2008 – Shaun Killa, Atkins Middle East

    Research Papers CTBUH Awards


    Harnessing Energy in Tall Buildings: Bahrain World Trade Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa 2008 Winner
    Center and Beyond CTBUH Awards 2008
    Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai

    Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC): The First Large-Scale


    Integration of Wind Turbines in a Building
    Nov 2007 – CTBUH / Wiley Tal Journal, 2007

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