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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

Discovery's new global HQ certified green

Discovery's new global HQ certified green

19 Oct 2017

Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators

Catherine Howell, Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis 18 Oct 2017

Bruce Kerswill receives his Lifetime Achievement Award from GBCSA CEO Dorah Modise and chairman Rudolf Pienaar.

Green Star Leadership Awards recognises top buildings, professionals

17 Oct 2017

GBCSA launches Net Zero Programme

GBCSA launches Net Zero Programme

13 Oct 2017

#GBCSA2017: Rubble is a resource

#GBCSA2017: Rubble is a resource

Sindy Peters 12 Oct 2017

Patricia de Lille at the 10th annual Green Building Convention

#GBCSA2017: De Lille calls on building sector to 'think differently' as city continues to tackle drought

Sindy Peters 11 Oct 2017

Dorah Modise at the 10th annual Green Building Convention

#GBCSA2017: Celebrating 10 years of green building in SA

Sindy Peters 11 Oct 2017

GBCSA announces rebrand of Green Star SA rating system

GBCSA announces rebrand of Green Star SA rating system

9 Oct 2017

'New era' in solar energy fuelling growth in renewables

'New era' in solar energy fuelling growth in renewables

5 Oct 2017

Water crisis can be good for business

Water crisis can be good for business

Taschica Pillay 5 Oct 2017

Growthpoint launches dual-certified property portfolio

Growthpoint launches dual-certified property portfolio

4 Oct 2017

R16m solar farm installed at Randridge Mall

R16m solar farm installed at Randridge Mall

3 Oct 2017

AfriLandscapes greens V&A Grain Silo Precinct

AfriLandscapes implements greening plan at V&A Grain Silo Precinct

2 Oct 2017

CityTree: The oxygen-producing forest in miniature

CityTree: The oxygen-producing forest in miniature

Emile Uys 27 Sep 2017

Vivian Loftness joins 2017 GBCSA Green Building Convention speaker lineup

Vivian Loftness joins 2017 GBCSA Green Building Convention speaker lineup

20 Sep 2017

Heidi van Eeden

Heidi van Eeden wins at Regional LafargeHolcim Awards

14 Sep 2017

2017 MBSA Congress tackles triple challenge of poverty, unemployment, inequality in SA

2017 MBSA Congress tackles triple challenge of poverty, unemployment, inequality in SA

12 Sep 2017

New GBCSA Sustainable Precincts Tool piloted at Sandton Gate

New GBCSA Sustainable Precincts Tool piloted at Sandton Gate

12 Sep 2017

Durban North property with green-energy leanings including conservation of rain water, solar heating and home automation. Image source: Pam Golding Properties

More homeowners, buyers embracing ‘green' features

12 Sep 2017

Could the new invention spell the end of rooftop fans? Christophe Finot/Wikimedia Commons,

How the sky can help make air conditioners at least 20% more efficient

Geoff Smith 12 Sep 2017

NCPC-SA hosts biennial Industrial Efficiency Conference in CT

NCPC-SA hosts biennial Industrial Efficiency Conference in CT

11 Sep 2017

City of Cape Town gives CTICC site expansion thumbs up

City of Cape Town gives CTICC site expansion thumbs up

8 Sep 2017

Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles

Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles

Emile Uys 7 Sep 2017

First green DHL Express facility in SSA unveiled

First green DHL Express facility in SSA unveiled

5 Sep 2017

Joburg, Polokwane named greenest municipalities

Joburg, Polokwane named greenest municipalities

31 Aug 2017

Katse Dam's deep flood of suffering

Katse Dam's deep flood of suffering

Alexander Matthews 31 Aug 2017

Meeting nature halfway: A sustainable future built with timber

Meeting nature halfway: A sustainable future built with timber

Werner Slabbert 30 Aug 2017

Students explore bamboo as sustainable alternative to conventional building

Students explore bamboo as sustainable alternative to conventional building

Lindsay Samson 29 Aug 2017

Smart evolution of Africa's megacities will help address infrastructure challenges

Smart evolution of Africa's megacities will help address infrastructure challenges

24 Aug 2017

Technology is not enough to create connected cities - here's why

Mike Cooray and Rikke Duus 24 Aug 2017

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Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators

Catherine Howell, Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis 18 Oct 2017

Bruce Kerswill receives his Lifetime Achievement Award from GBCSA CEO Dorah Modise and chairman Rudolf Pienaar.

Green Star Leadership Awards recognises top buildings, professionals

17 Oct 2017

GBCSA launches Net Zero Programme

GBCSA launches Net Zero Programme

13 Oct 2017

#GBCSA2017: Rubble is a resource

#GBCSA2017: Rubble is a resource

Sindy Peters 12 Oct 2017

Patricia de Lille at the 10th annual Green Building Convention

#GBCSA2017: De Lille calls on building sector to 'think differently' as city continues to tackle drought

Sindy Peters 11 Oct 2017

Dorah Modise at the 10th annual Green Building Convention

#GBCSA2017: Celebrating 10 years of green building in SA

Sindy Peters 11 Oct 2017

GBCSA announces rebrand of Green Star SA rating system

GBCSA announces rebrand of Green Star SA rating system

9 Oct 2017

'New era' in solar energy fuelling growth in renewables

'New era' in solar energy fuelling growth in renewables

5 Oct 2017

Water crisis can be good for business

Water crisis can be good for business

Taschica Pillay 5 Oct 2017

Growthpoint launches dual-certified property portfolio

Growthpoint launches dual-certified property portfolio

4 Oct 2017

R16m solar farm installed at Randridge Mall

R16m solar farm installed at Randridge Mall

3 Oct 2017

AfriLandscapes greens V&A Grain Silo Precinct

AfriLandscapes implements greening plan at V&A Grain Silo Precinct

2 Oct 2017

CityTree: The oxygen-producing forest in miniature

CityTree: The oxygen-producing forest in miniature

Emile Uys 27 Sep 2017

Vivian Loftness joins 2017 GBCSA Green Building Convention speaker lineup

Vivian Loftness joins 2017 GBCSA Green Building Convention speaker lineup

20 Sep 2017

Heidi van Eeden

Heidi van Eeden wins at Regional LafargeHolcim Awards

14 Sep 2017

2017 MBSA Congress tackles triple challenge of poverty, unemployment, inequality in SA

2017 MBSA Congress tackles triple challenge of poverty, unemployment, inequality in SA

12 Sep 2017

New GBCSA Sustainable Precincts Tool piloted at Sandton Gate

New GBCSA Sustainable Precincts Tool piloted at Sandton Gate

12 Sep 2017

Durban North property with green-energy leanings including conservation of rain water, solar heating and home automation. Image source: Pam Golding Properties

More homeowners, buyers embracing ‘green' features

12 Sep 2017

Could the new invention spell the end of rooftop fans? Christophe Finot/Wikimedia Commons,

How the sky can help make air conditioners at least 20% more efficient

Geoff Smith 12 Sep 2017

NCPC-SA hosts biennial Industrial Efficiency Conference in CT

NCPC-SA hosts biennial Industrial Efficiency Conference in CT

11 Sep 2017

City of Cape Town gives CTICC site expansion thumbs up

City of Cape Town gives CTICC site expansion thumbs up

8 Sep 2017

Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles

Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles

Emile Uys 7 Sep 2017

First green DHL Express facility in SSA unveiled

First green DHL Express facility in SSA unveiled

5 Sep 2017

Joburg, Polokwane named greenest municipalities

Joburg, Polokwane named greenest municipalities

31 Aug 2017

Katse Dam's deep flood of suffering

Katse Dam's deep flood of suffering

Alexander Matthews 31 Aug 2017

Meeting nature halfway: A sustainable future built with timber

Meeting nature halfway: A sustainable future built with timber

Werner Slabbert 30 Aug 2017

Students explore bamboo as sustainable alternative to conventional building

Students explore bamboo as sustainable alternative to conventional building

Lindsay Samson 29 Aug 2017

Smart evolution of Africa's megacities will help address infrastructure challenges

Smart evolution of Africa's megacities will help address infrastructure challenges

24 Aug 2017

Technology is not enough to create connected cities - here's why

Mike Cooray and Rikke Duus 24 Aug 2017

Table Bay ready for flagship mall opening in September

Table Bay ready for flagship mall opening in September

24 Aug 2017

US Ambassador Deborah Malac, Power Africa coordinator Andrew Herscowitz, and Irene Muloni, minister of energy and mineral development, award CEO of CODE Uganda.

2017 Women in Energy Challenge in Uganda winners announced

23 Aug 2017

How to avoid the fluctuating price of solar installation on commercial projects

How to avoid the fluctuating price of solar installation on commercial projects

23 Aug 2017

Growing more plants and trees can cut down the heat in Nigerian cities

Olumuyiwa Adegun and Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo 21 Aug 2017

Open Source House by Studiolada

An affordable, open source home

16 Aug 2017

Cape Town’s main storage dam, the Theewaterskloof in May 2017 with 9% of water left in storage. Kevin Winter

What's driving Cape Town's water insecurity, and what can be done about it

Kevin Winter 11 Aug 2017

Habitat for Humanity, UN-HABITAT to host conference on African land governance, management

Habitat for Humanity, UN-HABITAT to host conference on African land governance, management

7 Aug 2017

Twin City Bushbuckridge Shopping Centre in Mpumalanga

Property development in underserved areas is not for the faint of heart

7 Aug 2017

By Wernermeiringvdm – , CC BY 3.0

SRK Consulting applies rapid vulnerability assessment tool in City of Mbombela

4 Aug 2017

CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning

CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning

3 Aug 2017

Africa's cities face unique risks. What can be done to manage them?

Africa's cities face unique risks. What can be done to manage them?

Sarah Colenbrander 31 Jul 2017