West Gate, an A-class office building which is being developed by Echo Investment in Wrocław, received a BREEAM Interim certificate at the Excellent level.

The certificate obtained by West Gate features a very high score of 72.8 pct, a result of which is the Excellent grade that was received by only 12 other office projects in Poland. Elements which were assessed included: energy efficiency, materials used, healthy working conditions and waste management. “West Gate"s high score is a source of great joy for us. Office certification is no longer a new design method. It became a platform of communication with users of our project, who just like us expect very good office projects. West Gate fully utilized the potential of certification, it combines excellent structural and material elements with sustainable and energy-efficient solutions, which is characteristic of contemporary architecture,” says Katarzyna Murdoch, BREEAM engineer, BREEAM International assessor at Echo Investment. The company in charge of the certification process of West Gate is Grontmij Polska. Echo Investment"s portfolio includes eleven buildings which hold BREEAM certificates – they are the West Gate, Q22 and two Park Rozwoju office buildings in Warsaw,  Aquarius Business House in Wrocław, the first and the second stage of A4 Business Park in Katowice, Oxygen in Szczecin (2 BREEAM In-Use certificates: Building Management and Asset Rating) as well as Galeria Amber in Kalisz, Galaxy in Szczecin, Galeria Olimpia in Bełchatów and Galeria Echo.