020318_Hurghada SECAP_FINAL

5. City of Hurghada – Governorate of the Red Sea Priority Action # 5 for SECAP
1. General presentation
Title: GREEN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS PLAN
# 5
Summary of the Action
Current Status – Residential Buildings in the City of Hurghada
In the City of Hurghada, the residential building sector is the 3 rd largest in energy
consumption of 441 GWh/year representing 12% of the total energy consumed in
the city (3,338 GWh Final Energy/year as of the 2015 reference).
The residential building is also one of the key sectors to be addressed, as it is also
third in GHG emissions of 216 kteCO2/year representing 16% of the total emissions
of energy consumption (1,275 kteCO2/year).
With a population of 279,684 persons, the City of Hurghada - Governorate of the
Red Sea had 56,341 house units in 2015 and 60 per cent of these residential houses
are connected to the natural gas grid, however; the natural gas grid is still under
development and designed to reach a connection rate of 80 per cent by end of 2017.
Residential buildings in the city consume a total of 257,782 MWh/year of
Electricity, with a connection rate of 100%. Also, the natural gas consumption yearly
in residential buildings is 80,000,000 m 3 , and 494,026 LPG cylinder/year as well as
480 litres/y of gasoline representing a total Final Energy of electric, natural gas,
liquid gas (LPG) and gasoline of 257 GWh/yr, 87 GWh/yr, 6GWh/yr and 4 MWh/yr
respectively.
Location: City of Hurghada
Governorate of the Red Sea
Start date: December 2017
Project lifetime: 6 years
End: December 2023
Estimated cost €
7,700 k€ for 6 years
50 k€ Awareness campaign
1,050 k€ Pilot project for 1000
housing units
6,600 k€ Expansion to 10,000 housing
units
The Governorate of the Red Sea, in particular the City of Hurghada has the desire to
move forward to holistically solve the challenges facing the energy consumption in
residential sector by promoting sustainable approach to green the residential
buildings in the city through the development of comprehensive plan to reduce
energy use in the residential buildings and enhance energy efficiency by promoting
renewable energy and incorporate PV and SWH systems utilizing the abundant solar
energy by adopting “Green Residential Plan – GRP.’’
The GRP should integrate new sustainability and green measures solutions and
technologies to green the residential building sector in the City of Hurghada,
including: residential houses (public and private), besides raising awareness of
residents and users of the need to save energy and improve energy efficiency in
their units/ buildings.
The plan action ≠5 is to Green Residential Buildings GRP – City of Hurghada,
Governorate of the Red Sea.
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