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The
Qatar
National
Convention
Centre
(QNCC)
is
located
in
Gharafat
Al
Rayyan,
on
the
Dukhan
Highway
in
Doha,
Qatar.
The
convention
centre
is
a
member
of
the
Qatar
Foundation
for
Education,
Science
and
Community
Development
and
is
situated
on
Qatar
Foundation’s
2,500-acre
campus
alongside
the
Sidra
Medical
and
Research
Center,
Qatar
Science
&
Technology
Park,
Weill
Cornell
Medical
College
in
Qatar,
Texas
A&M,
and
Georgetown
University,
among
others.
QNCC
was
officially
opened
on
4
December
2011.It
was
the
first
of
its
kind
being
built
to
the
gold
certification
standard
of
the
U.S.
Green
Building
Council’s
Leadership
in
Energy
and
Environment
Design
(LEED).
Designed
by
Arata
Isozaki
in
partnership
with
RHWL
Architects,
the
building
is
designed
to
operate
efficiently
with
innovations
such
as
water
conservation
and
energy-efficient
fixtures,
and
it
is
approximately
32
percent
more
efficient
compared
with
a
similarly
designed
building
that
lack
such
innovations.
One
of
the
features
is
the
3,500
sqm
of
solar
panels
providing
12.5
percent
of
the
Centre's
energy
needs.
The
exhibition
halls
are
equipped
with
energy-efficient
LED
lighting.
Many
other
integrative
design
elements
were
included
in
the
building
to
achieve
the
highest
level
of
environmental
and
sustainable
standards.
QNCC
features
a
conference
hall
of
4,000
seats
theatre
style,
a
2,300-seat
theatre,
three
auditoria
and
a
total
of
52
flexible
meetings
rooms
to
accommodate
a
wide
range
of
events.
It
also
houses
40,000
square
metres
of
exhibition
space
over
nine
halls,
and
is
adaptable
to
seat
10,000
for
a
conference
or
banquet.
It
has
held
many
concerts
in
the
past,
some
notables
include
The
Script,
Ed
Sheeran
and
OneRepublic
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