THE EDGE BUILDING , Amsterdam Hansa katare
Project profile Project Details •Architects: PLP Architecture •Area: 40000 m² •Year: 2015 •Photographs: Ronald Tilleman, Raimond Wouda •Manufacturers: Artitec Wallebroek •Sustainability Consultant: C2N Bouwmanagement •MEP Consultant: Deerns •Landscape Design: Delta Vorm Groep •Contractor: G&S Bouw •Structural Engineer: Van Rossum Consulting Engineers, Van Rossum •Interior Design: Fokkema & Partners
About Edge building The Edge is located in ZuidAs, Amsterdam and is currently considered the greenest building in the world, according to the BREEAM green building certification scheme. The building has been given the highest sustainability score ever awarded: 98.4%. This building proposes a new way of working: using information technology to shape both the way people work as well as the spaces in which they do it
Passive Sustainability : Environmental aspects Façades – Each facade is uniquely detailed according to its orientation and purpose:
•Load bearing walls to the south, east and west have
•The Atrium façade
smaller openings to provide thermal mass and shading, and solid openable panels for ventilation. •Louvers on the south facades are designed according to sun angles and provide additional shading for the office spaces, reducing solar heat gain. •Solar panels power all the south facade provide enough sustainable electricity to smartphones, laptops and electric cars.
is totally transparent, allowing views out over the sky, and steady north light in.
•The North facades are highly transparent and use thicker glass to dampen noise from the motorway.
Active Sustainability : Energy system
Orientation –
Solar panel roof
The building’s orientation is based on the path of the sun. The atrium bathes the building in northern daylight while the solar panels on the southern facade shield the workspaces from the sun.
65.000 sq ft of solar panels are located on the facades and roof, and remotely on the roofs of buildings of the University of Amsterdam – thereby making use of neighborhood level energy sourcing.
Energy reuse – The atrium acts as a buffer between the workspace and the external environment. Excess ventilation air from the offices is used again to air condition the atrium space. The air is then ventilated back out through the top of the atrium where it passes through a heat exchanger to make use of any warmth.
Passive Sustainability : Energy system
Ecological corridor – The greenspace that separates the building from the nearby motorway acts as an ecological corridor, allowing animals and insects cross the site safely.
Rain water reuse – Rain water is collected on the roof and used to flush toilets, and irrigate the green terraces in the atrium and other garden areas surrounding the building.
Accessibility
Thermal energy storage – Two 129m deep wells reach down to an aquifer, allowing thermal energy differentials to be stored deep underground.
Accessibility Safety for pedestrians and bicyles is considered inside the buiding. Public transport (train, tram, bus) is nearby. There is a charging point for electric cars, scooters and bicycles. The bicycle parking is large enough to provide parking space for bicycles of employees. Even before and after office hours the parking facility is publicly accessible, allowing people to park when visiting the neighboring hospital.
Sustainability : Environmental aspects Light over Ethernet –
Smart lighting – The building’s Ethernet-powered LED lighting system is integrated with 30,000 sensors to continuously measure occupancy, movement, lighting levels, humidity and temperature, allowing it to automatically adjust energy use.
In The Edge a new LED-lighting system has been co-developed with Philips. The Light over Ethernet (LoE) LED system is powered by Ethernet and 100% IP based. The Philips LoE LED system was used in all office spaces to reduce the energy requirement by around 50% compared to conventional TL-5 Lighting. Via the LoE system daily building use can be monitored. This data is fed to facility managers via the BMS allowing: •Remote insight into the presence of people in the building (anonymous). Heating, cooling, fresh air and lighting are fully IoT (Internet of Things) integrated and BMS controlled per 200 sqft based on occupancy – with zero occupancy there is next-to-zero energy use. •Predictions of occupancy at lunchtime based on real time historical data and traffic and weather information to avoid food-waste. •Unused rooms to be skipped for cleaning. •Managers to be alerted to lights that need replacing. •Notification of printers needing paper.
Data / personalized workspace The mobile app – personalized workspaces – Every employee is connected to the building via an app on their smartphone. Using the app they can find parking spaces, free desks or other colleagues, report issues to the facilities team, or even navigate within the building. Employees can customize the temperature and light levels anywhere they choose to work in the building via the mobile app. The app remembers how they like their coffee, and tracks their energy use so they’re aware of it. Data – The vast amount of data generated by the building’s digital systems and the mobile app on everything from energy use to working patterns, has huge potential for informing not only Deloitte’s own operations, but also our understanding of working environments as a whole. Discussions are currently ongoing regarding the future of this data and its use for research and knowledge transfer.
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY'S
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