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Enoc’s Expo 2020 service station ... Ghaf-tree inspired.

Expo 2020 Countdown

Enoc’s service station to be ready by June

01 March 2020

UAE-based Enoc Group said that the construction of its Ghaf-tree inspired service station located at the Expo 2020 Dubai site has reached an impressive 40 per cent completion.

Work on the region’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certified service station began in August 2019 and is expected to be completed by June this year. After Expo 2020 Dubai, the service station will be open to the public as part of the site’s legacy phase.

During the first phase of testing, the station will service approximately 500 official Expo 2020 Dubai vehicles that cater to VIPs officials and operational vehicles. The station will be equipped with six pumps to serve up to 80,000 litres of fuel, which can fuel up to 2,000 vehicles daily.

Using smart, energy-efficient and renewable solutions including wind turbine generated power and photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, the service station will achieve overall power savings of 48 per cent – equivalent to 228 MWh per year. The clean energy initiatives will also help reduce approximately 100,000 kg of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the benefit of planting 114 trees annually.

High-efficiency LED fixtures will be used to save up to 30 per cent energy compared to regular LED and 60 per cent as compared to conventional lighting. A navigation lighting system with motion and occupancy sensors will allow up to 15 per cent savings in energy.

Additional energy conservation measures include the use of low-flow water fixtures targeting at least 40 per cent reduction from baseline water consumption.

The wind turbines with a capacity of 5 kWp output will convert renewable wind energy to electrical energy with on-grid net metering facility. The service station also comes with chargers for electric vehicles.

The structure of the service station’s canopy is constructed from carbonfibre, making it three times stronger and five times lighter than steel. The ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) cushion allows natural light penetration and provides 100 per cent utraviolet (UV) protection.

Vapour recovery systems will be onsite to recover gasoline vapour with 70 per cent of all fumes converted to fuel, which will improve the environment as it controls the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted.

The engineering and architecture consultants for the service station are Aedas for design and architecture, Arcadis for design and construction supervision and Tebobian as the LEED consultant for the project.