What is the DfGE course?

The Designing for Greater Efficiency (DfGE) course developed, curated, and offered by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, aims to address this need by promoting capacity building related to sustainability in the built environment.

This course equips learners with the knowledge to design resource-efficient structures contributing to the building sector’s transition to a low-carbon future.

By undertaking the DfGE course, students and building design professionals worldwide can develop the expertise to design buildings with a reduced environmental impact.

Why take the DfGE course?

The DfGE course will improve your climate literacy while learning how to design resource-efficient structures to support the built environment’s transition to a low-carbon path.

Who should take the DfGE Course?

The DfGE Course is aimed at senior students of architecture, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and other construction industry-related courses as well as building design practitioners and professionals who wish to improve their climate literacy while learning how to design resource-efficient structures.

To successfully complete this course, it is recommended that the learner must have a working knowledge of database software such as MS Excel, architectural and engineering drawings, and basic mathematics.