Green Building Certifications
As the world becomes increasingly focused on sustainability, more and more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their environmental impact. One way to do this is to obtain sustainable building certification.
These certifications provide clear guidelines and performance criteria for buildings to achieve and showcase their commitment to sustainability.
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LEED
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the world's most widely used green building rating system. LEED certification provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient, and cost-saving green buildings, which offer environmental, social and governance benefits.
LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement, and it is backed by an entire industry of committed organisations and individuals paving the way for market transformation.
LEED is for all building types and all building phases including new construction, interior fit outs, operations and maintenance and core and shell. It is a holistic system that looks at creating better buildings that reduce contribution to global climate change, and enhance individual human health.
We help you to achieve LEED-certified buildings, critical to addressing climate change and meeting ESG goals, enhancing resilience, and supporting more equitable communities. It also helps investors measure and manage their real estate performance by implementing management practices that prioritise building efficiency, decrease operational costs and increase asset value.
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EDGE
EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) is an international green building certification system. Its streamlined process focuses on energy, water, and embodied energy in materials. for a quantitative approach to sustainability.
EDGE is an innovation of International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. It was created to respond to the need for a measurable and credible solution to prove the business case for building green and to unlock financial investment. Thus, EDGE is aligned with international green finance standards, including GRESB, ICMA, CBI, and CDP.
Project owners that position their properties as certified green gain a competitive advantage over others in the market, leveraging their marketing and sales strategies, resulting in a faster and increased response from customers.
Home builders can attract better financing, label their homes as green, promote resource-efficient savings, and earn customer referrals.
Commercial owners can increase occupancy rates, drive profitability, and ensure cost control across properties.
We serve as trusted and experienced advisors, supporting clients in their decision-making as to the best ways to design and build green, providing insights and extensive knowledge of the certification process.
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