The new No.1 Silo office building at the V&A Waterfront has been awarded a 6 star Green Star SA rating by the Green Building Council of South Africa. The No. 1 Silo office development is South Africa’s latest – and largest – green office building. It is only the second building to be awarded a [...]
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SAVA Exhibits at 2012 Green Building Council Conference & Exhibition
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) held its fifth annual Convention and Exhibition at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) last week from Tuesday, October 23 to Thursday, October 25. Providing access to the latest local and international opinions, interventions and decisions around sustainability and the Built environment, reputable organisations such as [...]
Atterbury develops vibrant R1,3 billion mixed-use Newtown Junction
Leading property investment and development company Atterbury has broken ground for an exceptional new R1,3 billion mixed-use retail and business development in the Johannesburg CBD. Newtown Junction will comprise a 40,000sqm shopping centre, offices of around equal size, a hotel, gym, and four levels of basement parking providing 2,400 bays. All this will integrate [...]
Financial services giant moves to a new green home
Alexander Forbes, one of South Africa’s largest legacy diversified financial services businesses, is moving its 2 200 Johannesburg staff into a new eight storey, R840-million, 36 950 square metre head office at 115 West Street, Sandton, between 1st September and 1st October 2012. Since 115 West is one of Sandton’s, and indeed South Africa’s, most [...]
World renowned experts on sustainability and green building to present in Cape Town
How to green existing buildings, designing high performance green buildings, global innovation in green design, the London Olympics Park Project, and the next social trend – collaborative consumption – just some of the compelling topics to be explored at the master classes being presented by leading thought leaders as part of the build-up to Green [...]
Growthpoint Properties to develop Gautrain’s Midrand offices
Growthpoint Properties is developing a green office building in Midrand, with Gautrain as the major tenant. The 7,000 sqm development, directly opposite the Gautrain Midrand station, will ultimately form part of the Grand Central Office Park, with Growthpoint’s neighbouring building tenanted by Sanofi. Gautrain will occupy 2,500sqm of offices in the stylish new [...]
Case study: Painting Nedbank green
While Nedbank’s corporate colour may be green, there can be no doubt that its approach to the environment is represented by the very same shade and hue. And nowhere was the banking giant’s commitment to all things green more evident, than in its Sandton “Nedbank Phase II” project, which achieved a 4-Star Design Rating from [...]
Green Leasing: a moral obligation or a smart investment?
Green leasing, which sees building owners and tenants introduce sustainable practices into building operations to mutual advantage, has taken off internationally. In South Africa, however, awareness of the concept is just filtering through to larger organisations. With the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) about to release its first Green Leasing guide and toolkit [...]
DesignHub Respond/Renew/Revitalise winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 DesignHub Respond/Renew/Revitalise student architecture competition, which were announced at the Saint-Gobain Construction Products’ Samrand Innovation Station recently. The 2010 competition built on the successes of the previous four competitions, and revealed the depth of architectural talent at the country’s leading universities as students responded to the challenge of [...]
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