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Going green in the building sector can save EDGE is an innovative assessment tool. By using EDGE, the financial viability of a green
investors serious money through lower energy building project can be determined at the early design stage. EDGE offers options that lead
and water bills. Understanding this, both to an ideal set of technical solutions that reduce energy and water consumption, calculating
investors and policymakers alike are upfront costs and potential operational savings.
recognizing that greener buildings can provide Underlying the user-friendly interface is a sophisticated set of country-specific calculations
multiple benefits: that create a single picture of building performance over timemaking EDGE an effective
saving operating costs by boosting eciency, intervention tool in combating climate change.
reducing a communitys carbon footprint
through lower greenhouse gas emissions, and
generating jobs through home-grown The EDGE interface can be used for offices, hotels, and homes.
innovation
Until now, going green in the building business
seemed a luxury for the wealthy or for select
Photo courtesy of Jaume Meneses multinational companies looking to make a
branding statement. Today however,
middle- and low-income buildings can also
adopt environmentally sound designs.
Imagine a simple, inexpensive, and reliable way
to generate real and dramatic savings on utility
bills no matter what the income of the client or
the kind of building they live or work in
whether a house, hospital, apartment building,
hotel, or oce.
There is a waythe IFC EDGE Green Buildings
Certication System.
Building for the Future, Now
Low-flow taps
For kitchen sinks
$20 / yr
Dual flush
For toilets
Efficient air-conditioner 6%
Higher chiller COP
Solar collectors 5%
For hot water
Low-energy lights 6%
Dieter Telemans/Panos Pictures
Limiting power density