The Edge (Amsterdam)

{{Infobox building

| name = The Edge

| image = TheEdge 03-2024.jpg

| location = Amsterdam

| address = Gustav Mahlerlaan 2970 1081 LA

| start_date = 2012

| completion_date = 2014

| architect = PLP Architecture

| floor_area = gross floor area 40,000 m2

| floors = 15

| building_type = Office

| developer = Deloitte

}}

The Edge is a building in Amsterdam. Deloitte has a headquarters there.{{cite web |last1=Randall |first1=Tom |title=The Smartest Building in the World |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-the-edge-the-worlds-greenest-building/ |website=www.bloomberg.com |date=23 September 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Wakefield |first1=Jane |title=Is world's greenest office also smart? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35746647 |website=BBC News |date=6 April 2016}}{{cite web |title=The Edge / PLP Architecture |url=https://www.archdaily.com/785967/the-edge-plp-architecture |website=ArchDaily |date=22 April 2016}}

It was considered the greenest and smartest building in the world. It has 28 thousand sensors, connected to a network that not only coordinates the logistics of the building and people, how it collects and analyzes data on community behaviour. The British rating agency BREEAM awarded the building a record sustainability score of 98.4 percent, the highest ever given.

Features include the orientation of the building, solar panels, underground water aquifer thermal storage pumps and sensors on lights.

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Further reading

  • PLP Architecture's promotion page - {{cite web |title=The Edge |url=http://www.plparchitecture.com/the-edge.html |website=www.plparchitecture.com}}
  • BREEAM's promotion page - {{cite web |title=The Edge, Amsterdam |url=https://www.breeam.com/case-studies/offices/the-edge-amsterdam/ |website=BREEAM |date=20 September 2016}}