Intaprop is using green building design principles to develop 8 Melville in Illovo. It is striving to achieve a four-star green status for this prime corporate office development. Already fully-let to RMB Corvest, the 2,400sqm first phase of the office building will be ready in December 2012. The double storey, energy-efficient offices has expansion capacity [...]
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Sustainability Week 2012 – 25-29 July 2012
Climate change, financial crisis, peak oil/energy security, food security, waste generation, water and soil degradation, the destruction of habitat and the extinction of species all impact each other directly or indirectly in a matrix of connectedness. Everything we do – from the food we eat to the buildings we occupy, to the vehicles we drive, [...]
Green buildings require a solid economic foundation
As South Africa’s green bank, it is generally expected of Nedbank to be something of an environmental pioneer in the business environment. The bank undoubtedly lived up to this expectation in September 2010 when its Phase II Head Office building in Sandton was recognised by the Green Building Council of South Africa’s (GBCSA), as the [...]
Will architects get more work this year?
The Green Building Conference and Exhibition is proud to announce the involvement of Francois Viruly, expert property economist with over twenty years of experience in the analysis of the South African property market. Viruly, who was previously the Chief Ecomonist at the Chamber of Mines and Head of Research at JHI Professional Services, and is [...]
P&G Moves Into New Green Building
Environmental sustainability standards are playing an increasingly important role in decision making for companies across the globe. The decision to relocate the Procter & Gamble (P&G) South and East Africa head office was no exception. P&G, the global manufacturer of leading consumer brands such as Pampers, Gillette and Pantene, has relocated to the innovatively [...]
A vision for the future – zero energy buildings
As environmental responsibility and eco-consciousness grow across the globe, the world is looking to move towards more sustainable, greener practices, reducing carbon footprints and creating environments that have a lesser impact on the environment. Physical premises make up a large proportion of any organisation’s impact and as such there is a worldwide movement towards more [...]
The Green Building Conference and Exhibition returns
The Green Building Conference and Exhibition returns to Sandton Convention Centre in 2011 and will provide a powerful mix of international and local content for built-environment professionals and stakeholders. World renowned designers and experts will accompany South Africa’s own leaders in sustainable construction in a new extended plenary format Opportunity to attend a real-time green [...]
Casestudy: Maximum energy savings all year for green school
The situation: Cape Town-based Lunar Products, supplier of LLumar Window Film, was approached by DTM/Spoormaker Consulting Engineering to provide a window film to maintain maximum energy savings all year round. Their client, Gina Mattei, the principal of the Old Mutual Green’scool Early Learning Centre in Pinelands, Cape Town, a large crèche (280 children in a [...]
2011 Green Building Conference
The Green Building Conference and Exhibition returns to Sandton Convention Centre in 2011 and will provide a powerful mix of international and local content for built-environment professionals and stakeholders. World renowned designers and experts will accompany South Africa’s own leaders in sustainable construction in a new extended plenary format Opportunity to attend a real-time green [...]
Latest Issue - May/June 2012
In This Issue:
- The Alexander Forbes head office campus by Paragon Architects
- The New Jerusalem Children’s Home by 4D+A Architects
- The Quarterdeck by CHT Architects
- The 2012 Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards
- Paragon Architects profile
