S01

SECTION1

SUSTAIN

Section 1 – THE CONTEXT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS

• Definition of sustainable building, green washing, stakeholders, roles, behavioral change and transparency.
• LEED certification (building level)
• GRESB, Greenprint – Sustainability assessment organisation (property portfolio/company level)

Fragiskos Levantis

Founder and Principal of SUSTAIN and EF ERGO CONSTRUCTION

Since 1989 Fragiskos is engaged in the development and construction of commercial buildings, with a large number of successful projects. In 2006 he steers his construction company (Ef Ergo) in a greenbuilding direction. The Evelikto office building was endorsed by  the European Union programme Greenbuilding as a high energy efficiency building. In 2008 he proceeds with the development and construction of the Eco office building widening the spectrum to additional sustainability dimensions. Ef Ergo Construction is in anticipation of the commercial market’s normalisation, in order to continue its course with the development and construction of commercial buildings that will achieve LEED^® certificaton.

Fragiskos is a LEED AP BD+C, and his company, Sustain, provides sustainability consultancy services at a building level (many times with the objective of LEED certification), and at a portfolio level by providing consultancy services to real estate funds (for the improvement of the sustainability performance at the porttfolio level) using platforms such as GRESB.