Building Green Magazine co-organises with Ecoveritas, Inzeb and Sustain the First Sustainability Forum for the implementation and the business case for sustainable buildings in Greece.
“Building Green” is a Greek triannual magazine and communications platform that attempts to bring forth every aspect of Zero-Energy Building and Urban Space through an architectural approach, in order to become a source of information on sustainable architecture and the use of technology in the service of humanity.
Its aim is to provide readers with all the latest news concerning new technologies and products, as well as international, European and Greek legislation. In addition, it publishes scientific studies and articles, as well as projects and interviews of renowned architects.
ECOVERITAS is a pioneer sustainability consulting company founded in 2010. It offers one stop shop services for the development, construction/refurbishment, management and operation of sustainable buildings. It specializes in the sustainability of the built environment, implementing BREEAM certifications (building level), BREEAM In-Use certifications (asset portfolios level) and consults for Corporate Sustainability Strategies (property company level) through custom made or ready to go platforms such as ISA etc.
It has conducted the first two BREEAM certifications in Greece and another three (two in Greece and one abroad) are underway. With its lifelong development and construction experience (>35.000m2 of own commercial and residential building projects) and underway construction projects, it possesses a competitive advantage in implementing realistic sustainable strategies, solutions and BREEAM certifications that add value to buildings and corporations.
Through international relations and activities Ecoveritas is on the forefront of sustainability development. It maintains close relationships with BRE (Building Research Establishment) and an international network of sustainability professionals.
The Institute of Zero Energy Buildings – INZEB serves as an aggregator, operator, documenter and disseminator of knowledge and expertise on issues related to energy saving in the building sector. The aim of INZEB is to serve as a platform for two-way communication and close dissemination of knowledge, contributing to research, adaptation, adoption and widespread construction standards with the aim of reducing the energy consumption and emissions of “greenhouse gas” pollutants.
The fundamental aim of INZEB is the study, evaluation, training, coordination and promotion of practices, standards and actions which relate to the concept of “zero energy buildings” exclusively in areas with a prevailing warm climate; such as the countries of the Mediterranean and Middle East.
The core element of the Institution consists of continual research on issues regarding the conservation of energy in the building sector. For that reason the Institution will develop partnerships with the academic community as well as with individual research and development bodies operating in the wider sphere of energy conservation construction.
The effort is based on the encouragement and support of the production sector through research, documentation and implementation of plans and programs which lead to the conservation of energy as well as the provision of technical support and consultation services.
The target of INZEB is to compose a community of people who share the same passion for “building rationalization” attracting creative minds, people with positive thoughts, love of research and experimentation but at the same time people of the market and building sites. To attract people who approach the situation from a different perspective and know that they can trigger the changes in the building sector.
By sharing our knowledge we can achieve multiple successes!
Sustain, founded and managed by Fragiskos Levantis (LEED AP BD+C), provides sustainability consulting services both at a building level and at a portfolio level.
Building Level: Sustain provides total sustainability services for LEED® certification, such as LEED Gap Analysis, Commissioning, Documentation, Daylighting analysis, Payback analysis etc. Sustain is a one stop shop for LEED services in Greece.
Portfolio Level: Sustain provides consultancy services to real estate funds (for the improvement of the sustainability performance at the porttfolio level) using platforms such as GRESB.