The Edge,Smart
Building
Intelligent Building
The Edge, Amsterdam
Introduction
• 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.
• The Edge is an office building in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands that showcases the benefits of BIM.
• The Edge was built with the Internet of Things (IoT) as its
foundational principle.
• n, The Edge has been internationally admired as the
smartest building in the world and has also been called a
computer with a roof.
• The Edge goes beyond its use of cutting-edge
technologies and instead lies in effective communication
between key drivers who championed diverse and original
ideas.
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Introduction
Client and project management: OVG Real BMS and lighting system works: HC Groep
Estate
Consultants: Fokkema & Partners
Location: Gustav Mahlerlaan 2930-2970, The (interior design), Delta Voem Groep
Zuidas district, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(landscape design), C2N (sustainability)
Architect design: PLP Architecture Ltd
(London) / OZ Architect Project partners: Philips & MapiQ
Structural engineering: Van Rossum
Consulting Engineers Other collaborators: University of
Amsterdam (UvA) and the Hogeschool
MEP engineering: Deerns van Amsterdam (HvA)
Building Physics: LBP Sight Main Tenant: Deloitte / AKD
Main contractor: G&S Bouw
Owner: Deka Immobilien (since June
2014, before that date, OVG was the
Façade and roof works: Rollecate / Brakel previous owner)
Atmos
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Features
Sustainable Highlights
• Smart orientation
• High insulation from a glass façade
• Net Zero-Energy Building showcase
• Smart lighting
• PV production
• Optimised natural and mechanical ventilation
• Aquifer thermal energy storage for heating and cooling
• Rainwater harvesting
• Ecological corridor
• Accessibility
• Sustainable materials
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Details
Energy consumption
External façade features Steel structure features
• Total primary energy consumption: 67.6
• External glass façade thickness is 47 kWh PE/[Link] • The steel roof is designed so that the girders,
millimeters on average. • Fossil primary energy consumption: spanning more than 30 m, look as slim as
possible. This has been achieved by placing
• The building is constructed with around 56.7 kWh PE/[Link]
13,000 m2 of glass on the façades. The glass the beams in a diagonal grid connection.
with different shapes and dimensions is • Renewable energy production (PV): 3
divided by horizontal rows of solid aluminum- kWh PE/[Link] • The slender façade columns are made
paneled spandrels. possible by using the two footbridges and
• The level of final energy consumption of horizontal support. As a result of this, the
• The façade of the north-facing atrium
comprises 70% glass, allowing the interior to the building will vary between -0.3 and “hanging” walkways are positioned as close
benefit from indirect sunlight without 40.7 kWh/[Link] depending on the as possible to the façade. There is still
overheating. The offices are located in a U- enough space between the façade and
shaped block on the building’s east, south availability of the renewable energy walkways for the gondola of the cleaner.
and west sides, allowing these maximum
exposition. supply by the PV production.
• The profile of the façade columns is 1000
• The east and west-facing façades are mm by 240 mm and composed of welded
composed of 45% glass balanced by 55% steel plates.
concrete, which provides thermal mass.
Estimated water consumption 4.1
• The south facing façade is 40% glass but the • The beams are either constructed of a
concrete on this elevation has been clad with m3/[Link] (20% of gray water) prefabricated single piece or when
photovoltaic panels. constructed on site, made of two pieces.
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Details
External
Steel structure
façade
features
features
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Smart orientation
Site Plan
Form Evolution
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Solar Panels
Smart HVAC System
Lorem
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Slide Title
Achieving Sustainability
By Materials
Reuse of Water
Result
Rainwater Harvesting
Worlds Smartest
Net zero Building building
102% Produce extra
electricity produce
Smart orientation Connected to a IOT
Accessibility 28000 sensors
Passive and Active Design 600000 Led
Features
Connected to Application
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