Saudi’s KAUST Smart Home achieves top LEED Platinum global ranking

Saudi’s KAUST Smart Home achieves top LEED Platinum global ranking

THUWAL — As a leading hub of scientific research and innovation, KAUST continually strives to push the boundaries of innovation from the lab to real-world applications.

KAUST Smart helps fulfill an important part of this vision by proactively testing smart city concepts and leveraging the unique talents and expertise available within the KAUST community of researchers and innovators to make our university campus the world’s leading smart city living lab. A great example of this is the recently completed KAUST Smart Home.

The KAUST Smart Home recently received the coveted LEED Platinum certification and attained second place in the global rankings, with a score of 94.

The LEED certification requirements are based on several key factors such as overall energy consumption, construction methods, and the materials and elements used. This represents a significant achievement as the KAUST Smart Home project was created from an existing home.

The leading smaller smart home in the rankings earned a score of 95. But it’s noteworthy that the larger-size home retrofitted by KAUST and our building partners offers a concrete example of how existing infrastructures can be improved to meet our future sustainability goals.

This award is in addition to the previous LEED Platinum certification recognizing the KAUST campus