EDGE (“Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies”) is a green building certification system for emerging markets created by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. EDGE comes out of a partnership between the GBCSA, World Bank Group member The International Finance Corporation (IFC), and local roll-out partners The National Home Builder Registration Council (NHBRC). EDGE is a measurable way for residential developers to optimize the performance of their building design and be rewarded for resource efficiency through certification. The Green Building Council of South Africa is the exclusive certification services provider for IFC within the country.
The EDGE rating requires achieving savings of 20% in each of the three categories: operational energy and water usage and a reduction in the embodied energy of materials used in the project’s construction.
Our Green Star and EDGE Certifications adds value by being able to Advise, Construct and Implement on Energy, Water saving measures, and Internal Comfort attributes of buildings which have long term financial savings and productivity benefits for the Client as well as Environmental benefits throughout the use and enjoyment of the building.  We can add value to our clients that want PV and Water Efficiency technology. We continuously research Alternate building technologies to determine the best alternate methods to conventional South African building methods. It is a testament to our commitment to responsible and sustainable building practices and efforts towards reducing the negative impacts to the Environment.

   Inspiring an environment in which people and planet thrive. The GBCSA works with its membership community to inspire a built environment in which people and planet thrive. We are passionate, collaborative planet shapers that operate across the commercial, residential and public sectors to ensure that buildings and homes are designed, built and operated in an environmentally sustainable way. Our combined influence drives competitive, viable and professional membership advantages. GBCSA’s affiliations enable access to a community of experts at home and abroad. The GBCSA is one of about 75 members of the World Green Building Council. The GBCSA works in collaboration with its membership community to inspire a built environment in which people and planet thrive. We advocate solutions and tools that enable the design, construction and operation of all building in an environmentally sustainable way. It is our vision that all South African live and work in healthy, efficient and productive environments. The truth is that the built environment sector contributes to global warming. The GBCSA uses advocacy as a means to create strategic partnerships which are positioned to reduce this contribution, and engage in sustainability on a social and environmental level.