07 · Sustainability

Green from day one

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A building's carbon is decided in the first three weeks of design. Everything after that is damage limitation. So we decide it early — and prove it later.

Energy reduction

Water reduction

Embodied carbon cut

Certified assets

Certification pathways

Four routes. One standard of proof.

Select a pathway to see how we run it and what it has delivered.

EDGE

IFC's efficiency standard — the fastest credible route to certified performance in Ghana. 20% minimum savings in energy, water and materials.

Stage 01
Preliminary modelling at concept
Stage 02
Design certification
Stage 03
Evidence pack on site
Stage 04
Post-construction audit

Delivered on this pathway

Energy saving achieved41%

Water saving achieved38%

Materials saving achieved24%

Carbon calculator

Estimate the operational carbon you could avoid.

Asset typology

Floor plate — 4,000 m²Storeys — 4

Strategy

Conventional baseline

9,920 tCO₂e / 25 yrs

Dreamworks optimised

5,853 tCO₂e / 25 yrs

Carbon avoided41%

4,067 tCO₂e avoided over 25 years

Indicative modelling only, based on our delivered Ghanaian portfolio averages. A project-specific model is produced during feasibility.

Week one

Orientation, massing and envelope set 80% of the eventual saving.

Design stage

Continuous modelling keeps every decision inside the target.

After handover

Metered performance is reported, not assumed.