Green Opportunities from Retrofitting Existing Buildings - Ascendas Innovation Towers, Xi'an

Ascendas Innovation Towers is a business park. It obtained the US Green Building Council LEED O+M Gold certification.

• Designed to reduce energy consumption by 58.8% with green features such as an intelligent building management system that allows for advanced HVAC control logic that includes demand-based ventilation and energy-efficient AHUs. Other initiatives included 100% LED lights, sub-metering of key equipment to optimise performance and vertical fins to minimise solar heat gain and glare.

• Chiller system using low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant R410A

• Installation of high-efficiency flush fixtures will help reduce water consumption by 46.4% (based on design).

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