Winners of 2016 innovation award (Hebrew)
Local green building leadership for a persons who has made a significant contribution and provided inspiration for developing and pushing the green construction market.
Google-Waze achieves LEED Platinum ® Certification
Alfa led and completed the LEED Commercial Interior® certification for Google-Waze office floors at ELCO tower in Tel Aviv, achieving LEED Platinum® certification. The project includes office spaces with exceptional occupant comfort and energy and water efficiency, as well as incorporated innovative features, such as automatic lighting and blinds that respond to daylight levels.
Alfa Joins Design Team for Jerusalem’s New Business District “Jerusalem Gateway”
Alfa is thrilled to announce that we have joined the Jerusalem Gateway project team, leading Smart City and Sustainable Development for the NIS 1.4 billion project. The new district will include 24 new office buildings, commercial and retail space, and leisure and cultural spaces to help boost the economy and attract more people to the…
City of Hadera Builds Israel’s First Net-Zero Energy Building
Net Zero Energy is a designation given to buildings that generate as much or more energy on site than they consume, annually. Alfa led the design team tasked with designing and building Israel’s first ever Net Zero Energy Building for the Hadera Municipality’s new kindergarten buildings. The new buildings ensure a healthy space for children…
This is how the first structure that produces all the energy it needs looks like (Hebrew)
First local achievement of its kind: a pioneering structure defined in Israel as “energetically reset”? Now inaugurated as a kindergarten complex in Hadera. Watch.
Alfa Wins ILGBC Excellence in Innovation Award
The Israel Green Building Council (ILGBC) presented Alfa with the 2016 Award for Excellence in Innovation at the ILGBC Green Building Conference. The ILGBC is a non-profit dedicated to increasing green building in Israel by creating partnerships between industry, the government, and academia. Through this award, the council recognized the achievements of Alfa in the…
Alfa works with Israel’s Ministry of Defense to design Triple Net-Zero “Smart Bases”
Working with the Ministry of Defense, Alfa leads a multidisciplinary team of experts in the design of ‘Smart’ IDP bases. The team consists of experts specializing in Smart City, energy, water, waste, transportation,and sustainability, and are working to assess the feasibility of Net Zero Energy-Water- and Waste for the new installations to ensure resilience and…
For the first time in Israel: a hotel that produces the exact amount of electricity it needs (Hebrew)
There are only about two hundred “energy resettlement” structures in the world that producing the energy they consume in a solar way. First such example in Israel will be located in Moshav Ramot near the Sea of Galilee.
Alfa Works with HSBC to Incorporate Sustainable Design into Headquarters in Israel
Alfa worked with HSBC’s project design team on LEED®certification of the HSBC’s headquarters in Israel, located in another Alfa project, the Amot Atrium Tower in Ramat Gam. The project achieved LEED Platinum®Certification.
Autodesk Tel Aviv Receives LEED Platinum ® Certification
Alfa worked with Setter Architects as the sustainable design and LEED® certification consultants for Autodesk’s Tel Aviv offices. The office space achieved LEED Platinum® Certification – and includes some of most advanced water saving and recycling systems, re-used materials, and large windows with daylight sensors to control the lighting of the space. Autodesk Tel Aviv incorporates an…