The Green Building Council of South Africa develops the Green Star SA rating tools, based on the Australian Green Building Council tools, to provide the property industry with an objective measurement for green buildings and to recognise and reward environmental leadership in the property industry. Each Green Star SA rating tool reflects a different market sector (office, retail, multi-unit residential, etc.).

• Establish a common language and standard of measurement for green buildings
• Promote integrated, whole-building design
• Raise awareness of green building benefits
• Recognise environmental leadership
• Reduce the environmental impact of development

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Green Star SA tools are developed through a consensus based process led by a volunteer Technical Working Group. A Technical Working Group is formed for each separate rating tool and consists of technical experts and industry practitioners from a cross-section of the relevant market sector.

The first tool being developed is Green Star SA-Office which was published in pilot form for public comment in July 2008. The full version 1(Green Star SA - Office v1) was released at the Green Building Council of South Africa Convention & Exhibition ’08 held on 2-4 November 2008.

Following the finalization of the office tool, the Green Building Council will roll out tools for other building types, for example retail, hotel, multi-unit residential, conference centres and industrial etc. For any given tool, 70-80% of the credits are core credits which will be common to all tools. The order of the tool rollout programme will be dependent upon market demand and the availability of sponsorship for each individual tool. To find out more about sponsorship of rating tools please consult our sponsorship page.

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