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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

30 Jun 2025

Has the Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan delivered or collapsed?

Has the Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan delivered or collapsed?

By Elias Monage 6 Jun 2025

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[BizTrends 2016] Year of radical innovation in built environment

[BizTrends 2016] Year of radical innovation in built environment

Alta Schoultz 18 Jan 2016

[BizTrends 2016] New approaches to urban planning in property sector

[BizTrends 2016] New approaches to urban planning in property sector

William Johnston 18 Jan 2016

[BizTrends 2016] Sustainability technology will change our lives and buildings

[BizTrends 2016] Sustainability technology will change our lives and buildings

Werner van Antwerpen 18 Jan 2016

Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada,US

Former GreenCape CEO to join Tesla SA

Nashira Davids 8 Jan 2016

Explainer: South Africa's developing solar energy landscape

Explainer: South Africa's developing solar energy landscape

Hartmut Winkler 7 Jan 2016

Dry-building method water-saving solution

Dry-building method water-saving solution

Evan Lockhart-Barker 5 Jan 2016

Can trees really cool our cities down?

Can trees really cool our cities down?

Roland Ennos 4 Jan 2016

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Morocco postpones opening of huge solar plant without explanation

29 Dec 2015

Upgrade with 'green' renovations and save

Upgrade with 'green' renovations and save

23 Dec 2015

Makeover of The Towers to turn Foreshore into commercial district

Makeover of The Towers to turn Foreshore into commercial district

17 Dec 2015

WSP team achieves six-star Green Star-rated building in Rwanda

WSP team achieves six-star Green Star-rated building in Rwanda

15 Dec 2015

African Utility Week 2016 returns to Cape Town

African Utility Week 2016 returns to Cape Town

14 Dec 2015

SA Build Awards aimed at building a better tomorrow

11 Dec 2015

PiA Solar the first to install a million panels

PiA Solar the first to install a million panels

10 Dec 2015

SA needs an integrated approach to power supply and demand

SA needs an integrated approach to power supply and demand

9 Dec 2015

De Ville Shopping Centre

Solar PV project at De Ville Shopping Centre completed

8 Dec 2015

Brian Wilkinson, CEO of the Green Building Council South Africa.

GBCSA announces 'ambitious commitment'

8 Dec 2015

Innovation needed to improve water use

Innovation needed to improve water use

7 Dec 2015

France to give Africa €2bn for green energy

France to give Africa €2bn for green energy

3 Dec 2015

Greenovate Award winners (L-R) UCT team of Dijon Ross, Miekie van der Merwe and Rowan McKenzie

UCT students named winners of Greenovate Awards

3 Dec 2015

Tower Property Fund rolls out green measures

Tower Property Fund rolls out green measures

3 Dec 2015

V&A's rooftop solar system operational

V&A's rooftop solar system operational

1 Dec 2015

Financing infrastructure, energy projects

Financing infrastructure, energy projects

Nicci Botha 27 Nov 2015

Ascension Properties goes green with first PV installation

Ascension Properties goes green with first PV installation

26 Nov 2015

Nedbank and Green Fund partner to supply affordable green housing

Nedbank and Green Fund partner to supply affordable green housing

25 Nov 2015

Growthpoint's Ridgeview building achieves five-star Green Star rating

Growthpoint's Ridgeview building achieves five-star Green Star rating

23 Nov 2015

GBCSA awards five-star rating to Chevron's headquarters

GBCSA awards five-star rating to Chevron's headquarters

20 Nov 2015

House Rhino

Sharp rise in demand for eco-friendly buildings

18 Nov 2015

At the EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) stand at the Green Building Council South Africa’s (GBCSA) Green Building Convention in Cape Town were, from left; Rusmir Music of the International Finance Corporation (IFC); Graham Cruickshanks, EDGE Technical Manager; Prashant Kapoor, IFC’s Principal Green Building Industry Specialist and the entrepreneur who invented EDGE; and, Myles Kritzinger, Dealmaker at International Housing Solutions, which is rolling out a number of residential developments in South Africa that will be EDGE certified.

Ravenswood the first to receive EDGE Design Certification

11 Nov 2015

Annelide Sherratt, left, represents Dash Coville – the winner of the Best Quality Submission category in the Green Star SA Leadership Awards 2015, with Seana Nkhahle and Manfred Braune of the Green Building Council of SA.

GBCSA announces winners of Green Star SA Leadership Awards

11 Nov 2015

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