Green Building Articles
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Saxon Hotel’s rooftop organic food garden
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
It sounds like a paradox, but an organic rooftop food garden in the tree-lined suburb of Sandhurst, Johannesburg is an essential ingredient in one of the country’s best fine dining establishments,... -
Coca-Cola’s world-class green bottling facility
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Internationally recognised beverage company Coca-Cola has invested R400 million into the development, construction and design of a green bottling plant for its Valpre product in Heidelberg, southeast... -
Natural Ventilation: Greening a 25 year old commercial building
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Natural ventilation is one of the basic tenets of green building. One of the primary benefits is the reduction in energy use by reducing the need for energy hungry mechanical Heating, Ventilation and... -
The Gateway Hotel: A green hotel in Umhlanga
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Umhlanga’s Gateway Hotel has been designed to minimise the amount of energy used in the hotel and subsequently its carbon footprint. At a recent Event Greening Forum meeting Ariff Mohamed,... -
Siemens builds cutting edge green school at Mandela home village
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
In a small village on the banks of Mbhashe river, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape lies the almost completed Mandela School of Science and Technology, which will soon be open to 700 learners... -
Mr Price rooftop garden – A green creative space in Durban’s innercity
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
A desolate thoroughfare on the roof of the Durban Station has been converted by the Mr Price Group into a rooftop garden that serves as a green oasis where staff can relax and let their creative... -
Implementing green roofs in South Africa could help to cool cities and increase biodiversity
Friday, June 21, 2013
The results from a green roof pilot project for eThekwini Municipality have shown that green roofs can help to cool cities down and increase biodiversity in a city. Clive Greenstone, owner of Green... -
Key considerations for green roof installations in South Africa
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
“People have this idea that green roofs have to exist on large public or commercial buildings; however, a green roof can exist on a dog kennel, which in its own is an ecosystem,” says Clive... -
Global green and healthy hospitals network launched in South Africa
Monday, May 27, 2013
GroundWork, is working with and encouraging South Africa Hospitals to join the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network (GGHHN). GroundWork, a South African non-governmental organisation (NGO),... -
Smart office toolkit guides businesses to green their offices
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The City of Cape Town has designed a practical step by step green office toolkit aimed at assisting businesses that want to implement sustainability initiatives in the workplace. The handbook starts... -
Mister Walker: Furnishing an office space with reused materials
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Organisations often spend large amounts of money on decorating office spaces. For organisations that are trying to promote sustainability, office décor can be an important way to signal commitment... -
eThekwini’s Imagine Durban launches food garden booklet for schools
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Imagine Durban, the long term planning department of the eThekwini Municipality has launched a booklet which aims to assist schools with establishing food gardens. The booklet which is titled Success... -
Green building interventions for low cost housing demonstrated by Cato Manor Green Street Project
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Substantial savings in water and electricity savings could be made and the quality of life for low-income residents improved, if the RDP houses built since 1994 were retrofitted with green building... -
The economic benefits of green buildings
Friday, October 26, 2012
“Green buildings …. immunise the owner against future utility price shocks and against the high cost of retrofitting in a few years time,” said Brian Wilkinson, CEO of the Green Building Council of... -
Sustainable approach to air-conditioning
Friday, June 1, 2012
The two main environmental issues regarding air-conditioning is that they require refrigerants to operate which are harmful to the environment and that they consume large amounts of electricity which...