Evercare Hospital Lekki: First EDGE-Certified Hospital In Nigeria
As the first hospital in Nigeria to achieve Final EDGE certification for its resource-efficient and environmentally friendly design, Evercare Hospital Lekki has made history.
According to Sintali-SGS, an environmental certification body and global certification partner for the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) EDGE green building program, the resource-efficient design of Evercare Hospital Lekki, had achieved a 38.81% reduction in energy usage, a 20.50% in water consumption as well as a 42.07% in materials’ embodied energy when compared to the local benchmark.
At Evercare Hospital Lekki, which is located in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria, you will see a modern, 165-bed purpose-built multi-specialty, tertiary care private state-of-the-art hospital. The hospital belongs to the Evercare Group, which provides integrated healthcare services in emerging markets across Africa and South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Kenya. It offers care across a range of specialty medical and surgical services and is delivering high quality, and accessible healthcare to communities in Lagos.
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During an event in Lagos, Corinne Figueredo, a member of the IFC EDGE Green Building Market Transformation Programme, said that, “We are excited that Evercare Hospital Lekki has achieved Final EDGE Certification. This milestone is testimonial to the hospital’s vision for leading sustainable change in Nigeria’s health care industry. It also shows that it is possible for hospitals, which consume 2.5 times the energy of an equivalent commercial building, to provide enhanced care for its patients as well the planet.”
“Hospitals are where people go to get better and the comfort and ambience of it can fast track healing in a placebo-like effect. We are happy to work with EDGE towards ensuring that our hospital provides quality and advanced medical and healthcare services to Nigerians in an environmentally friendly environment.
Mr. Rajeev Bhandari, the CEO Evercare Hospital Lekki, said that, “This is because, we believe that medical facilities can provide state-of-the-art treatment while minimising energy and water use if the right decisions are made at the design stage. Additionally, this will help us cut operational costs. Working with EDGE, we have been able to target those areas where technologies can significantly reduce energy bills and help facility managers stay within tight budgets.”
IFC’s EDGE innovation helps property developers build and market green properties faster, easier, and at a lower cost. A key component of EDGE is free software that encourages solutions for reducing energy, water and the energy used to make building materials by at least 20 percent, which is the standard for EDGE certification.
The program has received generous support from the following partners: Austria, Canada, Denmark, ESMAP, EU, Finland, GEF, Hungary, Japan, United Kingdom, and Switzerland. For more information, visit www.edgebuildings.com.
