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

Lithium alternatives needed to avoid 'forever chemicals'Lindsey Schutters

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

Desco is adding renewables to power e-waste recycling

8 Jul 2024

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

BHP skips hydrogen, turns to electric trucks after Anglo rejection

By Lindsey Schutters 27 Jun 2024

Integrated clean technology solutions can help solve water issues

Integrated clean technology solutions can help solve water issues

Songo Didiza 8 Jun 2017

Advances in green building changing construction industry

Advances in green building changing construction industry

Cala van der Westhuizen 7 Jun 2017

Tackling environmental challenges with the help of a 100 city network

Michael Berkowitz 6 Jun 2017

Eco-building trend puts companies on the map

Eco-building trend puts companies on the map

6 Jun 2017

Greener and better ventilated offices can lead to better performance of employees. jingdianjiaju1/flickr

Research shows if you improve the air quality at work, you improve productivity

Libby Sander 5 Jun 2017

Mayor cllr. Mzwandile Masina

Vision 2030 Summit to address national development plan issues

5 Jun 2017

Providing green space can deliver health, social and environmental benefits for all urban residents – few other public health interventions can achieve all of this. Anne Cleary, author provided.

Green space - how much is enough, and what's the best way to deliver it?

Anne Cleary and Ruth Hunter 2 Jun 2017

Fourleaf Estate receives EDGE final certification

Fourleaf Estate receives EDGE final certification

1 Jun 2017

Another green achievement for the National English Literary Museum

Another green achievement for the National English Literary Museum

30 May 2017

Cities may be 8°C hotter by 2100: study

Cities may be 8°C hotter by 2100: study

30 May 2017

Hustling from builder to entrepreneur, one brick at a time

Hustling from builder to entrepreneur, one brick at a time

Shan Radcliffe 29 May 2017

City of CT, Stellenbosch University sign MoA for urban renewal in Bellville

29 May 2017

Image: Bruce Sutherland

How streets can help bridge social and spatial divides

Ilse van den Berg 26 May 2017

Resistance to hydropower is evaporating as science takes centre stage

Resistance to hydropower is evaporating as science takes centre stage

Mike Muller 23 May 2017

Marius Oosthuizen, lecturer: strategic foresight (leadership, strategy & ethics) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)

#AUW2017: Trends shaping the future of utilities

Sindy Peters 23 May 2017

#AUW2017: Buildings offer significant opportunity for energy efficiency

#AUW2017: Buildings offer significant opportunity for energy efficiency

Sindy Peters 22 May 2017

SA participates in national urban policy conference

SA participates in national urban policy conference

22 May 2017

CT appoints first chief resilience officer

CT appoints first chief resilience officer

19 May 2017

2017 Women in Construction Awards finalists revealed

2017 Women in Construction Awards finalists revealed

19 May 2017

All roads to sustainable energy lead to the sun

All roads to sustainable energy lead to the sun

Werner van Zyl 19 May 2017

Zanzibar about to undergo mega transformation of the sustainable kind

Zanzibar about to undergo mega transformation of the sustainable kind

19 May 2017

#AUW2017: Innovative water management in Africa requires collaboration

#AUW2017: Innovative water management in Africa requires collaboration

Sindy Peters 17 May 2017

Interventions under way to mitigate Western Cape drought crisis

Interventions under way to mitigate Western Cape drought crisis

17 May 2017

Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category

Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category

16 May 2017

Abbas Jamie, community liaison for Africa, World Design Organisation, and director for innovation and transformation at Aurecon. Image:

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: How engineers can help co-create a better Africa

Sindy Peters 12 May 2017

James Cullis, global service group leader: water, Aurecon

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: African engineers face a ‘wicked' trilemma

Sindy Peters 11 May 2017

In their rush to become "global", cities risk creating spatial apartheid

In their rush to become "global", cities risk creating spatial apartheid

Melissa Tandiwe Myambo 11 May 2017

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Adapt or get left behind

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Adapt or get left behind

Sindy Peters 10 May 2017

Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm

Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm

10 May 2017

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa

Sindy Peters 9 May 2017

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Integrated clean technology solutions can help solve water issues

Integrated clean technology solutions can help solve water issues

Songo Didiza 8 Jun 2017

Advances in green building changing construction industry

Advances in green building changing construction industry

Cala van der Westhuizen 7 Jun 2017

Tackling environmental challenges with the help of a 100 city network

Michael Berkowitz 6 Jun 2017

Eco-building trend puts companies on the map

Eco-building trend puts companies on the map

6 Jun 2017

Greener and better ventilated offices can lead to better performance of employees. jingdianjiaju1/flickr

Research shows if you improve the air quality at work, you improve productivity

Libby Sander 5 Jun 2017

Mayor cllr. Mzwandile Masina

Vision 2030 Summit to address national development plan issues

5 Jun 2017

Providing green space can deliver health, social and environmental benefits for all urban residents – few other public health interventions can achieve all of this. Anne Cleary, author provided.

Green space - how much is enough, and what's the best way to deliver it?

Anne Cleary and Ruth Hunter 2 Jun 2017

Fourleaf Estate receives EDGE final certification

Fourleaf Estate receives EDGE final certification

1 Jun 2017

Another green achievement for the National English Literary Museum

Another green achievement for the National English Literary Museum

30 May 2017

Cities may be 8°C hotter by 2100: study

Cities may be 8°C hotter by 2100: study

30 May 2017

Hustling from builder to entrepreneur, one brick at a time

Hustling from builder to entrepreneur, one brick at a time

Shan Radcliffe 29 May 2017

City of CT, Stellenbosch University sign MoA for urban renewal in Bellville

29 May 2017

Image: Bruce Sutherland

How streets can help bridge social and spatial divides

Ilse van den Berg 26 May 2017

Resistance to hydropower is evaporating as science takes centre stage

Resistance to hydropower is evaporating as science takes centre stage

Mike Muller 23 May 2017

Marius Oosthuizen, lecturer: strategic foresight (leadership, strategy & ethics) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)

#AUW2017: Trends shaping the future of utilities

Sindy Peters 23 May 2017

#AUW2017: Buildings offer significant opportunity for energy efficiency

#AUW2017: Buildings offer significant opportunity for energy efficiency

Sindy Peters 22 May 2017

SA participates in national urban policy conference

SA participates in national urban policy conference

22 May 2017

CT appoints first chief resilience officer

CT appoints first chief resilience officer

19 May 2017

All roads to sustainable energy lead to the sun

All roads to sustainable energy lead to the sun

Werner van Zyl 19 May 2017

2017 Women in Construction Awards finalists revealed

2017 Women in Construction Awards finalists revealed

19 May 2017

Zanzibar about to undergo mega transformation of the sustainable kind

Zanzibar about to undergo mega transformation of the sustainable kind

19 May 2017

#AUW2017: Innovative water management in Africa requires collaboration

#AUW2017: Innovative water management in Africa requires collaboration

Sindy Peters 17 May 2017

Interventions under way to mitigate Western Cape drought crisis

Interventions under way to mitigate Western Cape drought crisis

17 May 2017

Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category

Greenovate Awards Programme introduces new category

16 May 2017

Abbas Jamie, community liaison for Africa, World Design Organisation, and director for innovation and transformation at Aurecon. Image:

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: How engineers can help co-create a better Africa

Sindy Peters 12 May 2017

James Cullis, global service group leader: water, Aurecon

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: African engineers face a ‘wicked' trilemma

Sindy Peters 11 May 2017

In their rush to become "global", cities risk creating spatial apartheid

In their rush to become "global", cities risk creating spatial apartheid

Melissa Tandiwe Myambo 11 May 2017

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Adapt or get left behind

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Adapt or get left behind

Sindy Peters 10 May 2017

Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm

Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm

10 May 2017

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa

Sindy Peters 9 May 2017

All the Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Award finalists

All the Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Award finalists

8 May 2017

Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

Melanie Davern, Alison Farrar, Dave Kendal, Lucy G 8 May 2017

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Fred McBagonluri 5 May 2017

2017 Access Co-Development Facility competition deadline extended

2017 Access Co-Development Facility competition deadline extended

4 May 2017

World Economic Forum needs to move beyond spin if it's going to help Africa

World Economic Forum needs to move beyond spin if it's going to help Africa

Stephen Labson 3 May 2017

CT establishes four more women-only road repair teams

CT establishes four more women-only road repair teams

2 May 2017

ASAQS launches programme to support quantity surveying students

ASAQS launches programme to support quantity surveying students

28 Apr 2017

Cities are complex systems - let's start looking at them that way

Cities are complex systems - let's start looking at them that way

Nicholas Stevens and Paul Salmon 26 Apr 2017

Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Lesley Lokko 25 Apr 2017

Image source: World Resources Institute

Water scarcity and smart technology solutions

Laura Caetano 21 Apr 2017