Ayala Land’s REIT subsidiary, AREIT, Inc. (AREIT) received EDGE Zero Carbon Certification for eight office buildings comprising 354,000 square meters, making Ayala Land and AREIT’s offices the largest EDGE Zero Carbon certified portfolio in the Philippines.
Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) is an international green building certification. EDGE Zero Carbon is the highest level of EDGE certification granted to properties that have neutralized their carbon emissions through renewable energy use.
The eight AREIT buildings awarded with EDGE Zero Carbon Certification were Glorietta 1 and 2 Corporate Center, Solaris One, McKinley Exchange Corporate Center in Makati, Vertis North Corporate Centers 1, 2, and 3 in Quezon City, and the 30th Corporate Center in Pasig on account of a 45.33% improvement in energy efficiency, 49.07% in water, and 61.88% in embodied carbon material reduction.