User Guides Update
The documents Part 2: User Guide Design Tab, Part 3: User Guide Energy Measures, Part 4: User Guide Water Measures, have been updated with improved language that removes ambiguities on documentation requirements.
EDGE – Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EN)
What is EDGE?
Used in over 100 countries, EDGE (“Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies”) is a free software, a green building standard, and an international green building certification system. A green building solution created by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, EDGE empowers you to optimize your designs to use less energy, water, and embodied energy in materials.
Why do you need EDGE?
EDGE includes a web-based application to help identify the most cost-effective ways to reduce the resource intensity of a building.
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Developers, financial institutions, and green building professionals are working together to transform the construction sector in Colombia. See some of the many faces of those who are making a difference by adopting EDGE certification, to deliver better quality to their customers, become more profitable, and build a better world for all.
EDGE will allow you to:
Calculate
Calculate the most efficient measures to design a green building (residential or commercial)
Attract
Attract better financing rates for you and your customers
Compete
Make your offer more competitive and earn a greater share of the market
Grow
Gain multinational tenants, increase occupancy rates, and ensure cost control across properties
EDGE’S Differentiation Value
Free Software
Start using EDGE’s app now free of charge!
Local Baseline in for Every Country
Adjusted benchmarks according to where you are building
Calculate Costs Automatically
Built-in calculator to automatically estimate the additional cost of building green. Implement cost efficient measures to label your project green
EDGE Experts
Trained professionals available in your country who can guide you along the certification process
Certify any Building Type
EDGE is available to certify homes, offices, retail spaces, industrial buildings, schools, hospitals, hotels, and places of worship
Streamlined Certification Process
EDGE will allow you to certify your project in just a few simple and easy steps
How Does It Work?
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Choose the green building strategies that fit best with your design (you can do this with the help of an EDGE Expert)
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The EDGE app will calculate their financial and environmental impacts across energy, water, and embodied energy in materials.
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Register your project with the certifier available in your country
4
Upload project documentation directly into the EDGE app and initiate workflow
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Your preliminary certification will be ready in approximately 3 weeks*!
*Estimated average time if there are no observations from an auditor
Do you need assistance?
Contact our team for a one-on-one session.
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