Vodafone Egypt becomes first telecom company to achieve the LEED gold green certification

Vodafone Egypt, the largest mobile network operator in Egypt, has achieved LEED Gold Green certification for the company’s main building in the Smart Village, for the operation and maintenance department. Through this certification, Vodafone becomes one of the first entities to obtain this certificate in the telecommunications sector, leveraging its application of LEED systems in order to achieve sustainability and the establishment of environmentally friendly buildings. This comes as a perpetuation of Vodafone's effective role in applying environmental sustainability standards, with the aim of enabling the Egyptian society to save energy and establish green cities.

 

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a set of rating systems for evaluating the design and environmental performance of buildings, homes and neighborhoods and it is the most widely used green building classification system in the world today, where it covers almost all types of construction. LEED provides a framework for healthy, efficient, carbon and cost-saving green buildings, where LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement. It is awarded after applying several tests for buildings, and it is classified as a world gold standard indicating that these buildings were designed and built based on LEED systems, which indicates that these buildings are of high efficiency and energy.