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8 Melville, the latest addition to the Illovo Boulevard precinct, is striving to achieve a four-star green status with some decidedly nifty energy efficient 'fresh air' applications
The concept of no electricity accounts without compromising lifestyle clearly has increasing appeal
In response to evident need, coupled with industry demand, the Green Building Council of South Africa - the country’s leading green building authority – continues to offer exciting workshops in…
The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) has invested R1bn in a "green bond" issued by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
Growthpoint's Lincoln on lake achieves first 4-Star As-Built Green Star rating for a multi tenanted office building in SA
In response to evident need and industry demand, the Green Building Council of South Africa - the country’s leading green building authority - are offering two exciting workshops
The new Corporate Head Office for the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) takes a step in the right direction
Penalties for non-compliance imposed by the state can be onerous in the extreme and businesses need all the help they can muster
Vodafone's new Inovation Centre currently hailed as Africa’s greenest building...
Construction on a R24m upgrade to a Witwatersrand acid mine water treatment plant is expected to begin in March, the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority said.
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It may seem hard to believe but amongst all that high priced realestate in Sandton’s CBD someone made room for a park.
Landlords who invest in green buildings might be able to lure a higher calibre of tenant – and should have a far higher occupancy level than landlords selling space in…
The latest national building regulations, which have been promulgated to make South African housing more energy efficient and operationally ‘green’, are commendable
Boosting its carbon disclosure score from 46% in 2010 to 83% in 2011, South Africa’s largest JSE listed property company, Growthpoint Properties, has taken the lead in Carbon Disclosure for…
The voice of the private sector is set to grow louder at the climate-change talks in Durban over the coming week, after one business observer said the private sector is…
Proposed benchmarking will permit property valuers to directly correlate the impact of sustainable building attributes and innovations to the value of an asset
In the evening of October 31 2011, the world’s population symbolically reached 7 billion people, an incredible number, considering that only 2,5 billion people lived on Earth in 1950.
Exxaro's proposed Fairbreeze mine in KwaZulu-Natal has suffered a setback with the Department of Agriculture, rejecting the company's basic assessment report.
The significance of the Green Economy Accord is that it will create the opportunity for business and labour to seize an opportunity that could create jobs while opening up new…
All new buildings and refurbishments in South Africa have to comply from 9 November 2011 to minimum standards of energy efficiency
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