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Guidelines for Real Estate Developers

These guidelines are created past IFC ("we") for an entity ("you") with an Edge-certified property that wishes to use IFC's EDGE Trademark (the "mark") in promoting or ad the resources efficiency of the property online and in marketing materials. Any other entity without an EDGE-certified belongings may non utilize the mark without the limited consent of IFC.

IFC's EDGE trademark is a valuable nugget. In using the mark for your Border-certified property, you consent and agree to the following guidelines, which help usa protect our valuable trademark rights and maintain the integrity of the Edge brand.

ane. Use of the Edge Mark

The Edge mark is the exclusive holding of IFC. We own all right, title and interest in and to the mark, including but not express to, copyright, trademark, service mark and other intellectual property rights in and to it, as applicable. You lot acknowledge that the marker is beingness provided and licensed as a convenience without warranty of any kind, except for whatever warranties that may be set forth in an understanding between y'all and IFC. As such, utilize of the marker and term must not create a sense of endorsement, sponsorship, or false association with IFC, and should not be forwarded to some other party.

Every bit a programmer and/or owner of an Edge-certified property, y'all are given the right by IFC through an authorized certification partner to use the Border mark and the referential term "EDGE-certified" from time to time for purposes connected with the ecology sustainability of your business. The EDGE marker may be used in association with only those commercial backdrop or individual residential units that are EDGE-certified at the design phase or construction stage, and cannot pertain to y'all or your legal entity in its entirety or refer to other backdrop or units that have non been certified.

A property that you take registered equally the initial step in achieving Edge certification but that has not yet been certified at the design phase may not reference EDGE or utilise the EDGE mark. Properties that have achieved EDGE design certification just do not achieve Edge construction certification inside a menstruum of three years may no longer apply the Border mark. Properties that have not achieved design certification but take registered to accomplish structure certification may non use the EDGE mark until construction certification has been granted.

Companies may not manufacture, sell or give away merchandise items bearing the Edge mark without an express written trademark license from IFC. Use of the Border mark for commercial purposes other than in association with specific Edge-certified backdrop without the prior written consent of IFC is strictly prohibited; such apply, without our consent, may constitute trademark infringement and unfair competition in violation of international police force.

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By using the EDGE mark, you admit that IFC is the sole owner of the mark and promise that you volition not interfere with IFC'southward rights to the mark, including challenging IFC's use, registration of, or awarding to register such trademark, lonely or in combination with other words, anywhere in the world, and that you volition not harm, misuse, or bring into disrepute the EDGE mark.

You may not modify or alter the EDGE mark. If IFC in its sole discretion notifies you that the published use of the Edge marking is not acceptable, you shall non utilize the marker in such manner until information technology has been modified to IFC's reasonable satisfaction.

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Your use of the mark, and whatever goodwill associated therewith, shall inure solely to the benefit of IFC.

You shall non apply or register any trademark, domain proper name, or other proper noun that is confusingly like to the Edge mark or that is an alteration or translation thereof.

All use of the EDGE mark past you shall:

i.	conform to IFC'southward guidelines and instructions regarding use of the Edge mark as in outcome from time to time, including, without limitation, the guidelines set forth in this certificate, and
2.	otherwise comply with any notice or marker requirement under local or international law.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless IFC and its affiliates from and against whatever merits, cost or liability of any kind, including for copyright and trademark infringement, arising out of your use of the mark, and waive, release, and hold harmless IFC, its affiliates, vendors or clients from whatsoever claim or liability based upon your use of the marking.

Except for the limited right to employ the Border mark every bit expressly permitted under these guidelines, no other rights of any kind are granted hereunder, by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

2. Technical Specifications of the Edge Marker

a.	The EDGE logo is comprised of four letters and the words "Excellence In Design For Greater Efficiencies." The words "Excellence In Design For Greater Efficiencies" must not be removed from the marker.
b.	The logo should be used in colour confronting a white groundwork. Border can be used in its black-and-white version, simply if the publication is in black-and-white.
c.	The logo should non be enclosed in an outlined box, merely should exist immune to float. The logo should not exist translated or contradistinct in any style.
d.	The EDGE mark does not need to be used in conjunction with the IFC logo unless in that location are specific reasons to exercise and then. Otherwise the EDGE mark should appear as a stand-alone.
east.	Textual mention of the Globe Banking company Group is encouraged, but cannot announced without IFC first existence mentioned, and cannot appear instead of IFC. The Globe Banking concern Group logo should not be used.
f.	Whenever possible, accompany the mark with an acknowledgement of IFC ownership, for instance:The Border trademark is owned by IFC and used with permission.
g.	When Border appears as a word and not a graphic, it should not be written every bit upper and lowercase, but should appear entirely in capital letters.
h.	Edge should not be preceded with "the," equally in "the Border."
i.	In general, it is preferable not to refer to EDGE as a plan or a tool, but merely as "EDGE."
j.	For clarification purposes when referring to the EDGE software, it tin be stated as such ("the Edge software" or "the Border software application"). It is too advisable to refer to the "Edge standard" (which comprises the 20% efficiency targets) and the "Edge certification system."
thousand.	In textual apply, it is preferable not to spell out "Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies," and these words should never precede "EDGE," but can follow in brackets: EDGE (Excellence in Blueprint for Greater Efficiencies). If the words are spelled out, care should exist taken that "Efficiencies" announced in the plural, equally the word refers to free energy, h2o, and embodied free energy in materials. When appearing in written materials, "in" and "for" should not be capitalized (as they are in the logo).
l.	You lot must only apply electronic versions of the Border mark provided by IFC, which can exist obtained past emailing border@ifc.org. For online references, the Border mark and/or name should link to edgebuildings.com.