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Source: Supplied. Amy Symington, Junior Green Building Consultant at Solid Green Consulting.

#YouthMonth: Meet the young architect shaping a sustainable future in South AfricaKatja Hamilton

Engineering and construction industries in KZN look to Kite 2025 for innovation and resilience

Engineering and construction industries in KZN look to Kite 2025 for innovation and resilienceKwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition 2025

#YouthMonth: Keneilwe Tekane on breaking barriers in South Africa’s rail sector

#YouthMonth: Keneilwe Tekane on breaking barriers in South Africa’s rail sectorRobin Fredericks

Source: Growthpoint Properties. Longkloof Studios is a green-certified commercial office space in Cape Town, having achieved a 4-Star Green Star Existing Building Performance rating.

How green building certification boosts real estate profits

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CSIR to coordinate phase one of WC green hydrogen master plan

Engineering and construction industries in KZN look to Kite 2025 for innovation and resilience

Engineering and construction industries in KZN look to Kite 2025 for innovation and resilience

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Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, has kept up the pace of policy implementation and infrastructure improvement he adopted when taking the cabinet position.

Macpherson lauds Cape Town's fight against construction mafia

Lindsey Schutters 6 Aug 2024

Coleus is one of the biggest suppliers of crown corks in South Africa.

Guala Closures to acquire Coleus Packaging and dominate cap market

Lindsey Schutters 5 Aug 2024

Architects rally to tackle housing shortage from urban boom

Architects rally to tackle housing shortage from urban boom

1 Aug 2024

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Sars calls for public comment on renewables tax incentives

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jul 2024

Source: G20.org/Diogo Zacarias/MF. Brasil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the signing of a landmark climate partnership agreement during the G20 Finance Track ministerial meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

G20 ministers spotlight $400m Emerging Markets Transition Debt scheme

29 Jul 2024

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New arc welding standards open for public comment

Lindsey Schutters 29 Jul 2024

‘5-in-1 Trade Show’ brings important industries, buyers and sellers together

‘5-in-1 Trade Show’ brings important industries, buyers and sellers together

Electra Mining 25 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Metalbox, standing 80 metres tall and one of the largest commercial office properties in Fairvest Limited's portfolio, is South Africa's first solar facade skyscraper.

Energy Partners unveils South Africa's first solar facade skyscraper

23 Jul 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa is leaning hard on infrastructure as the route to SA's prosperity.

Ramaphosa puts infrastructure at centre of GNU

Lindsey Schutters 23 Jul 2024

Jon Kornik, CEO of Plentify

Plentify secures funding to expand internationally

Lindsey Schutters 22 Jul 2024

The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban

Nokulunga Majola 19 Jul 2024

Bell Equipment looks to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Europe

Bell Equipment to go private after family-led takeover

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jul 2024

Olebogeng Manhe, Chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC)

Construction and vocational training can help SA's youth find jobs

Olebogeng Manhe 16 Jul 2024

Waste pickers will have slight exemptions in the new scrap metal regulations.

Mchunu tightens regulations for scrap metal dealers in SA

Lindsey Schutters 14 Jul 2024

The Western Cape is in the clutches of its second major storm in 2024. Source: Unsplash/Hennie Stander

Western Cape uses #CapeStorm to call for decentralised emergency housing fund

Lindsey Schutters 12 Jul 2024

Minister Dean Macpherson spent the week sketching his vision for the department

Macpherson pledges to redirect funds to ‘building SA’

Lindsey Schutters 12 Jul 2024

Lithium batteries are not being recycled at the rate that they should

Lithium alternatives needed to avoid 'forever chemicals'

Lindsey Schutters 11 Jul 2024

Ashley du Plooy, CEO at E-Waste Recycling Authority (ERA).

EXCLUSIVE: Making real change to the e-waste challenge

Ashley du Plooy 10 Jul 2024

New minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has had a busy first week.

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure sets vision for SA

Lindsey Schutters 9 Jul 2024

Switching to polymer bearings across its 160 global sites could save 20 tonnes of lubricant and over R100m in personnel costs annually for Heineken Brasil

Polymer bearings can decarbonise the beer industry

9 Jul 2024

Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, used his first media address to highlight the biggest issues facing the country's electricity supply.

Ramokgopa highlights SA’s biggest electricity challenges, and it isn’t supply

Lindsey Schutters 8 Jul 2024

Desco is a featured Ferro Energia customer for its flagship installations.

Desco is adding renewables to power e-waste recycling

8 Jul 2024

Sleep quality is becoming a rising crisis

Study finds that better sleep starts with a good pillow

5 Jul 2024

ArcelorMittal shelves plan to close KZN steel plant

Nelson Banya 2 Jul 2024

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Decent work is the key to a sustainable building industry

2 Jul 2024

BHP is moving straight to electric to bypass Anglo hydrogen development.

BHP skips hydrogen, turns to electric trucks after Anglo rejection

Lindsey Schutters 27 Jun 2024

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Prioritising construction site safety, a vital commitment

25 Jun 2024

Rolls-Royce power systems include the full MTU business portfolio

Deutz gets Compcom green light for Rolls-Royce deal

Lindsey Schutters 24 Jun 2024

Nick Booth, Corobrik CEO

Corobrik clarifies Rietvlei situation after Greenpeace coal mining accusation

21 Jun 2024

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Lessons from George building collapse: Importance of compliance for disaster mitigation

Donné Nieman 20 Jun 2024

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The high-tech solution is based on the RITM-200 reactor

Egypt will benefit from floating nuclear plant

11 Jun 2024

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Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Tororo Solar North Limited, is a special purpose vehicle company (SPV) established to develop, build, operate and maintain a 10MW Photovoltaic Power Plant in Eastern Uganda.

Red Rocket secures funding for Virginia Solar project

2 May 2024

The inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit is slated for Windhoek, Namibia from 3-5 September 2024

Inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit seeks to unite H2 leadership

Lindsey Schutters 30 Apr 2024

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