Green Building and Sustainability (384)
According to the latest findings of the World Green Building Trends 2018 Smart Market Report, the emergent green building movement has indicated an increase in the percentage of industry respondents…
Spiralling electricity costs and the escalating energy crisis have fuelled a fast-growing trend towards energy-efficiency and green building principles during the past decade, but ecological awareness could prove a costly…
Legaro, boutique developer of quality, exclusive lifestyle and commercial properties, recently walked away with the honours of being 2018’s highest rated green building in South Africa at the 11th Green…
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- legaro properties
- commercial properties
- South Africa
- green building convention
- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- Property owners
- Projects
- solid green consulting
- melrose north
- Johannesburg
- Construction
- gross lettable area (GLA)
- Enrico Daffonchio
- development
- costs
- commercial developments
- green council’s edge
- michele brookes
Mauritius, the business-friendly island nation, is celebrating their first Green Star rating at the Mon Tresor Business Gateway. The Mon Tresor Smart City is one of several schemes aimed at…
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- Mauritius
- Green Star Rating
- mon tresor business gateway
- mon tresor smart city
- residential development
- green building council south africa
- green building council mauritius
- Construction
- Developers
- ashley boodhoo
- south african green star accredited professional
- annelide sherratt
- developments
- Market
- building control act
- South Africa
- solid green
- project
- joya bhandari
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) honoured property owners, accredited professionals (AP) and individuals during the 11th Annual Green Building Convention’s gala dinner at the Century City Conference…
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- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- Property owners
- annual green building convention
- century city conference centre
- Cape Town
- South Africa
- green projects
- edge innovative housing project
- net zero innovative project award
- rising green star
- Johannesburg
- legaro properties
- V&A Waterfront
- solid green
- sow and reap
- Liberty Group
- Rosebank
- Sally Misplon
- annelide sherratt
- Faieda Jacobs
- project
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) will host the 11th Annual Green Building Convention with several local and international heavyweights weighing in on the global race to achieve…
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- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- annual green building convention
- century city urban square
- development
- dorah modise
- paul hawken
- project drawdown
- department of architecture
- university of washington
- makhosi khoza
- Government
- public service administration
- South Africa
- portfolio committee
- rob pena
- cybertecture philosophy
- industrial ecology
- 4green stars
Hotel Verde Cape Town, exceeds 95% percent waste management target.
Green Star Certified office buildings outperform similar uncertified buildings by 3.8%.
On Tuesday the 8th of May the GBCSA held a launch event at their new Johannesburg offices, Rosebank Corner, 191 Jan Smuts Avenue.
With green building becoming a crucial part of developing smarter and more sustainable African cities, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is pleased to announce the Green Building Council…
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- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- rics summit africa
- sandton
- David PierreEugene
- cushman & wakefield excellerate
- Colliers International
- Johannesburg
- Government
- ngo sector
- TC Chetty
- Green Building
- Africa
- South Africa
- public sectors
- private sector
- dorah modise
- Green Star SA
- energy and water performance (ewp)
- residential buildings
- environment sector
- World Green Building Council
- Zambia
- kenya
- Namibian
- Botswana
- Tanzania
- Mauritius
- Rwanda
- Maslow Hotel
- sandton central
- jselisted
- attacq limited
- international facilities management association
- Property Development
- logistics industries
- Real Estate
- Waterfall
- waterfall corporate campus
- PWC
- residential estates
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JSE-listed diversified real estate investment trust Redefine Properties’ (JSE: RDF) strategy on solar energy is delivering cost efficiencies across the business and improving performance on key sustainability metrics.
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- redefine properties
- JSE
- real estate investment trust
- rdf
- Solar Energy
- renewable energy
- Economy
- ilse swanepoel
- alberton mall
- Boulders Shopping Centre
- electricity consumption
- grayston
- Rivonia
- Black River Park
- observatory business park
- wonderboom junction
- East Rand Mall
- retail
- Office Park
- Industrial park
- Cape Town
- black river office park
- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- south african facilities management association (safma)
- renewable electricity
- green star sa ratings
- gautrain station
- dow jones sustainability index
- solar pv plants
The V&A Waterfront is proud to be awarded five Green Star Ratings from the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) this week.
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- V&A Waterfront
- green star ratings
- green building council south africa
- Sustainable Development
- Manfred Braune
- South Africa
- Market
- David Green
- development
- Housing
- PWC
- werkmans attorneys
- museum of contemporary art africa
- radisson red hotel
- silo district
- granger bay court
- electricity savings
- Commercial building
- west quay offices
Growthpoint Properties is the first South African company to issue a Green Bond on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The Growthpoint Green Bonds, for terms of five, seven and ten…
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- Growthpoint Properties
- Johannesburg Stock Exchange
- growthpoint green bonds
- reit
- South Africa
- highquality liquid assets
- bond auction
- Domestic Medium Term Note Programme
- real estate sector
- donna nemer
- jse’s interest rate market
- investments
- delia patterson
- dirkje bouma
- debt capital markets distribution
- african local currency bond fund
- Government
- karl von klitzing
- South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA)
- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- Green Star SA
- retail properties
- Industrial Property
- ftse/jse
- reit listed
- Green Building
Time is running out to reform the buildings and construction sector’s energy performance and keep the Paris Agreement on track, with the energy intensity per square metre of buildings needing…
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- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- dorah modise
- Africa Regional Network of Green Building Councils
- thulani kuzwayo
- World Green Building Council
- investments
- energy
- Construction
- organisation for economic cooperation and development
- global alliance for buildings and construction
- International Energy Agency
- fatih birol
- global status report
- Investors
Readers of the coming Rode’s Report may notice that the publication no longer includes “location” as a determinant of grading.
Further evidence of the public sector’s commitment to sustainability is the 4 Star Green Star SA Office Design v1.1 certification that the KZN Department of Education: Ugu District Office has…
Young environmental game-changes from the University of Cape Town (UCT) took first place in the Greenovate Awards for the third year running.
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- University of Cape Town
- greenovate engineering award
- university of the witwatersrand
- nelson mandela university
- university of the free state
- University of Pretoria
- north west university
- Growthpoint Properties
- Werner van Antwerpen
- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- dorah modise
- Neil Gopal
- Royal HaskoningDHV
- terra firma academy
- remote metering solutions
- mark mccormick
- nicholas tennick
- daniel navarro
- South Africa
- Property Industry
Virgin Active Collection Menlyn Maine has been awarded a 4-star Green Star SA rating for interiors.
SA Real Estate Investment Trust, Emira Property Fund, has committed to sustainable development through greening their portfolio with the Green Building Council of South Africa.
Growthpoint Properties has launched an innovative pilot project that turns the large volumes of food waste generated by client businesses at its properties into compost.
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- Growthpoint Properties
- Werner van Antwerpen
- life & earth
- growthpoint’s industrial property division
- Growthpoint Business Park
- woodlands office park
- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA)
- REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust)
- JSE
- Property Portfolio
- South Africa
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