First local achievement of its kind: a pioneering structure defined in Israel as “energetically reset”? Now inaugurated as a kindergarten complex in Hadera. Watch.
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…
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…
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 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.
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…
The Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) is a 501(c)3 organization that provides research, technical standards, training, certification and design tools to the sustainable design field. Being a certified Passive House consulting firm, Alfa has committed itself to excellence in design by following the Passive House energy performance criteria. The Building Energy Standard promoted by PHIUS…
The Broshim Campus of Tel Aviv University consists of over 1,300 student apartments buildings with ground level retail space. Alfa served as the sustainability consultant for the project, and through our direction, Clusters C, D, and E, eight high-rise dormitory buildings in total, have achieved LEED Gold certification. Located on a university campus, we emphasized…
Alfa is part of the design team for the new National Library of Israel Complex, a 30,000-square meter project currently in design stage by YadHanadiv, with plans of opening in 2020. Working with Herzog and De-Meuron from Switzerland and ARUP from Britain, Alfa provides sustainable design and LEED® certification consulting. The project aims to achieve LEED…
The Amot Atrium Tower, designed by Moshe Tzur and developed by Amot Investments, stands at 158 meters in Ramat Gan- the 10th tallest building in Israel. Alfa worked as both the sustainability consultant and LEED consultant, helping the project achieve LEED Platinum ® certification. Amot Atrium is the first office tower in Israel to reach Platinum…