We integrate the built landscape with its natural surroundings to nurture a sustainability-first mindset.
Global statistics put green building construction cost 1–7% above conventional construction. Operation, maintenance and end-of-life cost run far below it — which is where a building actually spends its money.
Every measure we recommend is assessed on payback as well as carbon, so the environmental case and the financial case are the same case.
Global industry averages for green buildings, not ECOnsult project results.
Green building design
Passive-first architecture that removes cooling demand before a single machine is specified. In a climate like Egypt's this is where the largest, cheapest savings live.
- Orientation, massing and shading studies
- Building envelope and thermal performance
- Natural ventilation and daylight strategy
- Locally sourced, low-embodied-carbon materials
Certification & rating systems
We have worked with almost every global and local rating system. Certification targets are set at the start so they shape the building rather than arriving as a late cost.
- LEED, EDGE, GPRS and equivalent systems
- Early gap analysis and target setting
- Energy and daylight modelling
- Documentation and submission management
Energy & water optimisation
Retrofit and new-build measures assessed on measured payback, so the business case stands up in front of a finance director as well as a design team.
- Free cooling for space cooling — around 12%, 0–1 year payback
- HVAC upgrade and maintenance — up to 20%, 0–2 years
- Building envelope enhancement — around 30%, 1–2 years
- LED lighting retrofit — around 25%, 2–4 years
- Daylighting and lighting control — around 40%, 1–2 years
- Solar photovoltaic solutions — around 15%, 5–7 years
Circular & low-carbon solutions
Material and waste strategies that reduce embodied carbon and keep value inside the building rather than in landfill at end of life.
- Embodied carbon assessment and material substitution
- Design for disassembly and reuse
- Construction and operational waste reduction
Education & advocacy
Training, capacity building and policy work with government and industry — moving the sector rather than one project at a time.
- Technical training and capacity building
- Guidelines and standards development
- Policy and national programme support
Sectors we work in
The same principles, tuned to very different briefs.
