Geneva: Green Village certified with "One Planet Living" label
The Green Village real estate project in Geneva has been awarded the "One Planet Living" (OPL) label for sustainable neighbourhoods. The new buildings will be constructed in accordance with the OPL standard.
Green Village, a project of the World Council of Churches, is the first Geneva development project to qualify for the One Planet Living (OPL) sustainability label, according to those involved.
The project comprises six new buildings on the territory of the municipality of Le Grand-Saconnex, which will surround the listed Ecumenical Centre. The project includes administrative buildings intended in particular for international organizations and service companies. A hotel complex and apartments are also planned. The Green Village is located in the centre of Geneva's international district and in the middle of a landscaped park.
Each building in the Green Village is named after one of the major international agreements on sustainable development: Kyoto, Montreal, Rio, Lima, Durban and Stockholm. The Kyoto office building and the Montreal building with apartments will be built in the first construction phase. The stage is scheduled for completion at the end of 2022 or beginning of 2023, according to developer Implenia.
The buildings will meet the requirements of the OPL label, it continues. Materials will preferably be sourced from the local economy, and demolition materials will be recycled wherever possible. The buildings will be powered by renewable energy, and an on-site collection point and the waste recycling policy of the municipality of Le Grand-Saconnex will enable the zero-waste target to be achieved.
The Swiss Association for One Planet Living Neighbourhoods promotes the construction of sustainable neighbourhoods according to the principles of the Bioregional Initiative and WWF International in Switzerland and certifies their realisation. The association was founded in 2018 by WWF Switzerland and Implenia. (ah)
