Afreximbank African Trade Centre
Nigeria's first LEED Platinum commercial building.
Certification
LEED Platinum
Floor area
21,129.6 m²
Awarded
November 2025
Litedares role
Green Building Consultant
energy cost saving against the ASHRAE 90.1-2010 baseline
reduction in potable water use
of regularly occupied spaces daylit
LEED Platinum building in Africa
Litedares led the African Export-Import Bank's Abuja trade centre to LEED v4 BD+C: Core & Shell Platinum, the first commercial building in Nigeria to reach that level, the second in West Africa and the nineteenth across the continent.
Litedares scope
- Certification strategy and LEED target setting
- Passive design and building orientation for Abuja's climate
- Energy modelling against the ASHRAE baseline
- Indoor and outdoor water efficiency strategy
- Urban heat island mitigation, SRI roofing and open-grid paving
- Indoor environmental quality to ASHRAE 62.1-2010
- Documentation through to certification award
Timeline
01Precertification
LEED Platinum precertification awarded, November 2022
02Design and construction
Credit strategy, modelling and documentation
03Certification
Final LEED Platinum award, November 2025
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