EDGE Expert case studies
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The EDGE Expert credential is an IFC-accredited qualification for professionals who advise clients on green building design using the EDGE software - "Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies" - a free tool, a green building standard, and an international certification system. EDGE Experts work within or alongside a client's design team, quantify the value of passive and active design measures, run cost-benefit comparisons of green concepts, and help projects reach the EDGE standard of at least 20% savings in energy, water, and embodied carbon in materials against a local baseline. The EDGE Expert case studies are 5 cases and about 3,510 words.
1The Mixed-Use Model That Passes on Average
A nine-storey project in Ahmedabad, India, combines 12,000 m² of apartments, 4,000 m² of offices, 2,000 m² of ground-floor retail and a basement car park. The modeler enters everything as a single 18,000 m² residential model, adds efficient split air conditioners and a 150 kWp rooftop PV array, and reports 31% energy, 24% water and 22% materials savings.
698 words, about 3 min2The Auditor Who Built the Model
An EDGE Expert models a 220-unit residential tower in Ho Chi Minh City. Preliminary design-stage certification is issued at 26% energy savings, carried largely by double-glazed low-e windows and a 60 m² solar hot-water array.
662 words, about 3 min3Rainwater in a 270 mm City
A 200-room hotel in Amman, Jordan, runs at 65% occupancy with water demand of about 300 litres per guest-night including laundry, kitchens and public areas; there are also 800 m² of irrigated lawn. Mean annual rainfall is roughly 270 mm and the roof area is 2,500 m².
682 words, about 3 min4Fins, Glass or Panels
An 8,000 m² office block in a hot-dry city has a fixed site with its long axis running east–west, leaving about 3,000 m² of glazing concentrated on the east and west façades. The team must clear 20% energy savings.
769 words, about 4 min5Twenty-Three Percent Energy, No Certificate
A 10,000 m² six-storey apartment block in a temperate South African city is modelled with clay brick external walls, a concrete roof slab and single glazing. To reach the energy target, the team adds 50 mm extruded polystyrene (XPS) to the walls and roof and specifies double-glazed units imported from Europe.
699 words, about 3 min