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Graaff-Reinet‘s Samara Private Game Reserve says a proposal to drill on its land to check for gas deposits could have environmental repercussions.
The burgeoning Century City precinct has amended its rules and regulations to ensure all new buildings comply to green principles to reduce it’s carbon footprint and regulate a sustainable future
The motivation for SA hotels to go green may not be driven by business imperatives just yet, but it will in years to come.
Pioneering measures have been taken at Rabie Property Group’s new mixed use development, The Gateway, at Century City to ensure that it is as “green” as can be
The Cape Town Partnership presented a case study of the Cape Town Central City Energy Efficiency Initiative (EEI) at the Green Buildings Council of South Africa (GBCSA) conference which took…
Green roofs which use soil and planted material to cover commercial buildings is a "growing" trend (pun intended)
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) took some useful insights from this years World Sustainable Building (SB08) Conference, which took place in Melbourne, Australia from the 21st to…
From biogas and cogeneration to wood energy, passive houses, energetic remodeling, innovative insulation materials, solar energy as well as hydro- and wind power, the wide range of topics at the…
SA will be going green from next month when the first part of an environmental rating system is introduced to architects and property developers.
There seems to be a lot of emphasis being placed on protecting the environment and going green, but are their any tangible benefits for those in the property business?
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The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) was represented at this years World Sustainable Building (SB08) Conference, which took place in Melbourne from the 21st to the 25th of…
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) is currently laying the groundwork in order to commence the rating of buildings in terms of its Green Star SA rating system
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has received an excellent response to the Green Star SA PILOT rating tool
Progress on Eskom‘s anticipated Nuclear One project is being hampered by delays in the finalisation of the environmental impact assessment, the issuing of the nuclear licence as well as difficulties…
Conventional biofuels like rapeseed oil and ethanol are ecologically problematic and threaten food supplies. Now a Germany company says it has the solution: an advanced fuel made from wood and…
A new energy ecosystem is emerging that connects smart, green buildings with a smart, green grid to optimize energy flows.
The leasing of the roof of a 607,000 sq. ft. distribution center to a power provider heralds the world’s largest solar cell installation program
With ecologically progressive practices so much in the spotlight, an increasing amount of property proprietors are adopting green building technologies for new property developments. But what of existing properties?
South Africa is establishing a green building council to encourage property owners, developers, the government and research institutions to adopt international standards
The Knysna municipality is preparing a new general valuation roll based on property sale price.
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