EDGE Expert study guide
EDGE Expert · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
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 study guide has 4 sections and about 1,290 words.
01EDGE Software and Modeling of Resource Savings
The EDGE App is a free, web-based modelling tool developed by IFC. It does not score a design against an abstract ideal; it compares your project with a base case - a reference building of the same typology (residential, office, hotel, retail, hospital, education, warehouse), in the same location and climate, built to local typical practice and code.
320 words, about 2 min02The EDGE Standard and the Green Building Certification Process
EDGE - Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies - is an IFC (World Bank Group) green building standard aimed at emerging markets. A project must demonstrate at least 20% savings in each of three categories : operational energy, operational water, and embodied energy in materials, all measured against the local base case.
325 words, about 2 min03Energy, Water and Materials Efficiency by Location and Climate
Generic measure lists fail exams and fail buildings. Group climates broadly: Hot-humid : cooling and dehumidification dominate.
312 words, about 2 min04Bioclimatic Design and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Green Design Decisions
Bioclimatic design uses free ambient resources before mechanical systems. Key levers: Orientation : elongate the plan east–west in most climates to reduce low-angle east and west solar gain; in hot-humid climates, orient for prevailing breezes and cross-ventilation.
333 words, about 2 min