architecture
Breeam
Worlds Smartest
Office Buildings
Has The Edge With Breeam
A new office building – dubbed a
“computer with a roof” – has set a new
benchmark for smart and sustainable
office buildings.
T
he greenest and
most intelligent
office building ever
constructed, The
Edge has created a
new way of working, thanks in
part to sustainable assessment
methodology BREEAM, which
helped deliver a building based
around sustainable technology.
The Edge is a 40,000m² office
building designed by PLP
Architecture for developer OVG
Real Estate and main tenant,
Deloitte. Located in the Zuidas
business district in Amsterdam
it achieved a BREEAM rating
of Outstanding with a score
of 98.36% - the highest
percentage ever recorded for an
office building.
The ambition of the project
was two-fold: to consolidate
Deloitte’s employees,
previously spread around
multiple buildings throughout
the city, within a single
environment; and to create a
‘smart building’, intended as a
catalyst for Deloitte’s transition
into the digital age.
The Edge creates a radically
new working environment
which is enabled by sustainable
technologies.
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