EDGE Version 3.0 is live!

Certify Green and Change Your World.

An innovation of IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, EDGE makes it easy to design and certify resource-efficient and Zero Carbon buildings.

Certify a Project How Can We Help?

Outshine the Competition with EDGE.

Differentiate your project from the get-go through certification. EDGE is available in lots of building types:

Homes
Hospitality

Offices
Hospitals

Retail
Warehouses

Light Industry
Education

Certify your projects with EDGE and become part of the worldwide trend.

1,348,164

Energy Savings

MWh/year

55,602,549

Water Savings

m³/year

72,233,898

Embodied Energy in Materials Savings

640,481

CO₂ Savings

tCO₂/year

35,084,118

Floor Space Certified

m²

Discover the intelligence of the EDGE App.

The EDGE App can be used to design a commercial, residential or mixed-use building in most countries.

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Everyone wins financially by building green.

Through bringing together those who design, develop, finance, incentivize, and live and work in green buildings, EDGE unlocks collaboration and provides a new paradigm for the future.

EDGE is a quick, easy and inexpensive way for builders to optimize their designs, leading to a more investment-worthy and marketable product.

EDGE certificates can be provided directly to Banks' buyers as proof of delivery on the developer’s promise to build green.

In addition to incentivizing the market, governments can endorse a green building certification system such as EDGE.

From all corners of the world, evidence-based stories are being told that demonstrate the powerful business case for green building certification with EDGE.

Asset Owners Take Note: First EDGE Zero Carbon Whole Building Portfolio is Certified in the Philippines

January 20, 2022

Colombia: Green Buildings Accelerate from Zero to 20 percent of the Market in Four Years

October 29, 2021

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Journal: Building the Business Case for Green Affordable Housing

September 27, 2021

Argentina Football Club Makes History with Green Stadium

June 16, 2021

EDGE is trusted by the best in the business.

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EDGE is currently funded by the UK Government with original funding by Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

Additional support has been provided by Austria, Canada, Denmark, ESMAP, EU, Finland, GEF, Hungary and Japan.