The Edge is a building in Amsterdam. Deloitte has a headquarters there.[1][2][3]
The Edge | |
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General information | |
Type | Office |
Location | Amsterdam |
Address | Gustav Mahlerlaan 2970 1081 LA |
Construction started | 2011 |
Completed | 2014 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 14 |
Floor area | gross floor area 51,000 m2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | PLP Architecture |
Developer | EDGE |
It was considered the greenest and smartest building in the world. It has 28 thousand sensors, connected to a network that not only coordinates the logistics of the building and people, how it collects and analyzes data on community behaviour. The British rating agency BREEAM awarded the building a record sustainability score of 98.4 percent, the highest ever given. [1]
Features include the orientation of the building, solar panels, underground water aquifer thermal storage pumps and sensors on lights.
References
edit- ^ a b Randall, Tom (23 September 2015). "The Smartest Building in the World". www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ Wakefield, Jane (6 April 2016). "Is world's greenest office also smart?". BBC News.
- ^ "The Edge / PLP Architecture". ArchDaily. 22 April 2016.
Further reading
edit- PLP Architecture's promotion page - "The Edge". www.plparchitecture.com.
- BREEAM's promotion page - "The Edge, Amsterdam". BREEAM. 20 September 2016.