Design. Certify. Decarbonise.
A green building consultancy working across design, construction and certification. We make sustainable buildings affordable and accessible to the people who use them.
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Contact usWho we are
A green building consultancy working across the whole building lifecycle — design, construction and certification. We are human-centric designers first.
Our focus
Bridging the gap between climate responsiveness and affordable, accessible solutions — for environmentalists and environmentalists-to-be.
Our record
We have worked with almost every global and local rating system, and are the most awarded green building consultant in Egypt.
We have gone beyond asking “Why go green?” The question now is “Why not go green?”
Selected work
Mosques, housing, workplaces, farms and public buildings across Egypt and abroad, each designed to run on a fraction of the energy a conventional equivalent needs.
Our sectors
What we do
Climate action in the building sector is no longer optional. Architecture for better livelihoods is now an integral part of business growth.
Green building design
Passive-first architecture that cuts cooling demand before a single machine is specified — orientation, envelope, shading, daylight and locally sourced materials.
Certification & rating systems
LEED, EDGE, GPRS and the other global and local systems — from early gap analysis through documentation, modelling and submission.
Energy & water optimisation
Retrofit and new-build measures with measured payback: envelope enhancement, HVAC upgrades, daylighting and controls, solar PV.
Circular & low-carbon solutions
Material strategies that reduce embodied carbon and waste, and keep value inside the building rather than in landfill.
Education & advocacy
Training, capacity building and policy work with government and industry to move the whole sector, not one project at a time.
The economic case
Green buildings cost 1–7% more to build, and far less to own
Global industry averages for green buildings, not ECOnsult project results.
Recognition
Shortlisted for an Ashden Award. Nominated for the Earthshot Prize.
In 2020 the project was shortlisted for an Ashden Award, run that year with the UNFCCC: Egypt's first green residential scheme to hold 10°C of cooling without mechanical assistance, and the first carbon-neutral residential project in North Africa. ECOnsult was later nominated for the Earthshot Prize.
In the press
Our work and our founder, covered internationally.
