International. PLP Architecture, based in London with offices in Beijing, is responsible for the design of the most sustainable office building in the world. The Edge, as the building was called, reached the mark of 98.4 points in the British certification system BREEAM, one of the highest achieved. Now, the architecture firm is working to reach another record: the construction of the tallest wooden tower in the world.
The headquarters of the new offices of the consulting firm Deloitte in Zuidas, the business center of Amsterdam, is also a "smart building": through an application installed on their smartphone, each employee can set in their workspace the level of lighting and air conditioning, among other parameters.
The building combines a number of innovations to create an adaptable and intelligent working environment. In this way, it differs from the discourse of sustainability. In that sense, in addition to including solar panels, storage of thermal energy in an aquifer for heating and cooling, rainwater collection and an impressive 13-story atrium that contributes to the natural lighting and ventilation of the offices, in The Edge a lighting system was installed for the first time that allows the passage of data through the luminaires.
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