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PVC Expert Reference Panel for GBCSA - Expression of Interest21 May, 2010, GBCSA The GBCSA is seeking experts from the GBCSA membership and the broader industry, as well as the South African PVC Industry, to serve on a PVC Expert Reference Panel (ERP)....
SA could be a global leader in greening the built environment – Doidge30 April, 2010, By: Christy van der Merwe, Engineering News Public Works Minister Geoff Doidge on Thursday reiterated a "call for action" to move towards a ‘greener' built environment - which would need leadership from government, as well as expertise and innovation from industry.
GBCSA seeks Technical Manager28 April, 2010, GBCSA The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) is seeking a Technical Manager to oversee the management of the Green Star SA rating system. The Technical Manager position is a high level position, requiring a dynamic, skilled individual to work with staff, sub-committees and consultants to manage the existing Green Star SA rating tools and project certification, oversee new rating tool development and coordinate educational programs, including the Green Star SA Accredited Professional program.
Green Building Council Launches 2nd Green Star Rating Tool for Retail Centres28 April, 2010, GBCSA Following the successful launch of the Green Star SA environmental rating system for office buildings in 2008, the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has released the much anticipated Retail Centre rating tool, the second in the suite of Green Star SA rating tools now available.
City to start selling Darling Wind Farm’s ‘green electricity’24 March, 2010, City of Cape Town The City of Cape Town today announced its imminent plans to sell Green Electricity Certificates, which will give Capetonians the opportunity to buy green electricity generated at the Darling Wind Farm on the West Coast, from the City...........
Online IFMA survey on green rating systems and green building certification.19 March, 2010, IFMA survey A survey is currently being carried out by IFMA on green rating systems and green building certification. Take part now- results of the survey will be published on the Resource Center of Global FM website in future...............
UN Habitat to Host Conference Promoting Green Building Rating Systems in Africa23 February, 2010, UN Habitat For building industry professionals and national and local government officials who want to promote green building practices in Africa.
Invitation to screening of "The Age of Stupid"19 February, 2010, UCPS The University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, in association with the British High Commission and KPMG invites you to a complimentary screening of "The Age of Stupid". The screening will be introduced by the Deputy High Commissioner and followed by a short discussion.........
Copenhagen generates more heat than light for business and policymakers08 February, 2010, Creamer Media Those who were expecting clarity and resolution on how the world would tackle climate change beyond 2012 to emerge from the Copenhagen conference in December will have to wait. The fair, ambitious and legally binding agreement that many were hoping would come out of the fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) did not emerge................
Green Star SA - Retail Centre-Pilot Feedback period closing 19 February22 January, 2010, GBCSA The public feedback period for the new Retail Centre rating tool closes 19 February. Any person or organisation involved in the South African property industry is encouraged to provide feedback on the credits, and all feedback will be considered before the tool is finalised and released in April. For more information and to download the tool and feedback form, please go to http://www.gbcsa.org.za/greenstar/retail.php.
World Green Building Council and International Union of Architects sign MOU22 January, 2010, WGBC The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and the International Union of Architects (UIA) took a step toward strengthening their working relationship when they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Sydney today
Copenhagen was more than the accord.......05 January, 2010, COP15 Looking across the world’s leading media, enthusiasm for the Copenhagen Accord is scarce. Yet, some analysts choose to focus beyond the new deal itself........news and more from COP15 web.......
UN CLIMATE CRISIS PETITION : Copenhagen02 December, 2009, UN United Nations driven Climate crisis petition campaign to Seal the Deal in Copenhagen has been introduced, where each of us can sign a petition online for governments to commit to making changes in the way they treat the planet with big business and the way we live our lives. Take a few minutes of your time to save the planet – sign up and be counted............
Notice of Webinar to explain 'integrated design' for green buildings24 November, 2009, GBCSA By Dylan Rivera, The Oregonian November 23, 2009, Architects and other building professionals can learn about how to create more Earth-friendly buildings by attending a free webinar next week on integrated design. The Dec. 1 online seminar will explain integrated design process and integrated project delivery, both of which are intended to encourage collaborative efforts among architects, engineers and other professionals in designing high-efficiency buildings.........
Building Sector Must Change to Meet Global Energy Targets, New Study Finds02 November, 2009, World Green Building Council New modeling by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) shows how energy use in buildings can be cut by 60 percent by 2050 – essential to meeting global climate change targets – but this will require immediate action to transform the building sector. This is the central message of the report from the WBCSD’s four-year, $15 million Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) research project, the most rigorous study ever conducted on the subject...........
Nedbank HQ certified as SA’s first Green Star building02 November, 2009, Creamer Media's Engineering News The second phase of Nedbank’s head office in Sandton had been certified as South Africa’s first Green Star building under the Green Building Council of South Africa’s (GBSA’s) Office v1 rating tool, the company said on Wednesday.
GBCSA launches Existing Buildings Survival Strategies publication30 October, 2009, GBCSA A South African guide for re-energising tired assets and reducing operating costs of existing buildings - including a six step plan for building owners and a list of 200 initiatives to help you get started. This practical, easy-to-use guide covers many simple changes across categories including water, energy, management and waste.
GBCSA Hosts Free Simulations Software Demonstration Workshop07 October, 2009, GBCSA Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from software suppliers how their products can be used for Green Star SA simulations! Following from the Green Star SA Simulations Seminars held previously, this afternoon session intends to provide attendees with an overview of software packages that can be used for Green Star SA submissions...
CAPE TOWN GREEN WEEK25 September, 2009, UNEP FI for one week in late October, Cape Town will become one of the greenest business cities on Earth as the City of Cape Town joins hands with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and a range of partner organizations for an action-packed Green Week...
WORLD GREEN BUILDING DAY 23 September 200922 September, 2009, The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) will be participating in the first annual World Green Building Day on 23 September 2009 which will see green building councils worldwide hosting events to highlight the importance of green building. To mark the event, the GBCSA is joining other green building councils internationally in lobbying the negotiating teams for the forthcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP15 negotiations in Copenhagen in December, where the world’s leaders will meet to negotiate an international climate change deal to supersede the targets agreed to at Kyoto.
Common Language for Carbon in Sight: Leading Rating Tool Providers to Sign MOU20 July, 2009, World Green Building Council London, 3 March 2009 - A landmark Memorandum of Understanding between BREEAM, LEED and Green Star and the UK Green Building Council will be signed on Tuesday at EcoBuild’09 in Earls Court, London
Innovation Fund to invest in renewable energy technologies17 July, 2009, Creamer Media's Engineering News The Department of Science and Technology’s Innovation Fund has called on South African scientists, engineers and inventors to submit investment proposals for development of new and inventive technologies in the areas of renewable energy, metals, materials and manufacturing technologies. ...
Notice of revised Green Star SA – Office Energy Calculator & Modelling Protocol Guide30 June, 2009, GBCSA The revised Green Star SA – Office Energy Calculator & Modelling Protocol Guide is now posted on the Office v1 page. This sheet provides corrections to the previous guide, a final version and mark up indicating where the changes have occured is available.........
It’s all about going green for energy-saving architect22 June, 2009, The Times Architect Shaun Killa thinks so big, his ideas often sound like the stuff of science fiction. The innovative South African, who is the brain behind the world’s first wind-powered building, was lauded along with several international engineering minds in New York recently
Notice of Posting of Errata Sheet for Green Star SA – Office v1 Technical Manual19 June, 2009, GBCSA The Errata Sheet for Green Star SA – Office v1 Technical Manual is now posted on the Office v1 page. This sheet provides corrections to the Technical Manual.........
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Vacancy04 June, 2009, Swiss Cooperation Office Southern Africa is looking for a Climate Change – National Programme Manager
Climate Positive Development Program to set example for cities to follow as they grow22 May, 2009, AA Network May 19, 2009 - SEOUL - The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, today announced a global program developed in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), called the Climate Positive Development Program. The program will support the development of large-scale urban projects that demonstrate cities can grow in ways that are "climate positive." Climate Positive real estate developments will strive to reduce the amount of on-site CO2 emissions to below zero.
Office developers clamber for green-building accreditation22 May, 2009, Creamer Media's Engineering News Although there is no Green Star SA-rated and -certified property development in South Africa as yet, all the signs point to a built-environment industry that is beginning to take up the challenge of environmentally sound development, and one that is increasingly willing to transform. “We have a new generation of buildings coming up, where sustainability is thought of from the start,” explains .......
Menlyn Maine strives to cut on-site carbon emissions to below zero20 May, 2009, Engineering News By: Creamer Media Reporter 19th May 2009
Technical Working Goup: Roles & Responsibilities28 April, 2009, GBCSA More information about the tool development process and responsibilities of Technical Working Group members
Earth Hour 200923 April, 2009, Boston Globe Started in Sydney, Australia in 2007, Earth Hour quickly grew into a global observance. More than 1,000 cities in over 80 countries observed Earth Hour 2009 on Saturday March 28th, as homes, office towers and landmarks turned off their lights for an hour starting at 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions. Collected here are a series of before-and-after photographs......
GREEN CITIES ’09 CONFERENCE – Brisbane, Australia22 January, 2009, Green Building Council of Australia The annual Green Cities Conference will take place from Sunday 1 March – Wednesday 4 March, 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. Jointly hosted by the Green Building Council of Australia and Property Council of Australia, Green Cities is Australia’s pre-eminent annual green building conference and expo. Green Cities 09 seeks to bring the latest thinking on green buildings in Australia and overseas to a market hungry for new and original ideas. The conference aims to inform, challenge and inspire….
CALL FOR TOOL SPONSORS!22 January, 2009, GBCSA Having launched the first in the suite of Green Star SA environmental rating tools for buildings (Office v1), the GBCSA now turns it's tool development program to other building types. General feedback to the Council seems to indicate that the following tools are most urgently sought by the industry: Existing Building Tool (Operations & Maintenance), Multi-Unit Residential, Retail & Hotel. The order in which future tools are developed will depend on market demand, which is gauged and demonstrated via the availability of tool sponsorship funding...
IS GOING TO WORK MAKING YOU SICK?26 November, 2008, Alexis Huggins - Greenerbuildings.com American adults spend an average of 90 percent of their time indoors, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which lists poor indoor air quality as the fourth largest environmental threat to health in the country...
GREEN BENCHMARK - SA's Green Building Rating Tool Unveiled14 November, 2008, Creamer Media's Engineering News at www.engineeringnews.co.za South Africa's first voluntary green building rating tool, Green Star SA - Office version 1, was officially launched by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) in Cape Town, last week. Addressing delegates at the first annual GBCSA Convention and Exhibition in Cape Town, GBCSA Executive Chairperson Bruce Kerswill explained that the new Green Star SA rating tool aimed to assess the environmental attributes of new commercial office buildings as well as major base building refurbishments of existing office facilities across South Africa...
GREEN THE NEW GOLD - Why being environmentally friendly will put more - not less - money in investors' pockets (Finweek)13 November, 2008, Finweek Suggestions that going the green building route will erode the profit margins of commercial property developers and owners have been dismissed by international real estate players. Speakers who attended the inaugural annual convention of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) in Cape Town last week made a strong case for SA's property sector to adopt more environmentally friendly design and construction principles...
GBCSA Convention & Exhibition Sets a High Standard05 November, 2008, GBCSA The inaugural Green Building Council Convention & Exhibition, with its Principal Sponsor Nedbank Corporate, exceeded all expectations and was a resounding success. Held from 2-4 November 2008 at the CTICC in Cape Town, over 600 delegates and 70 exhibitors gathered to hear about the latest worldwide developments in green building and view a wide array of green products and services. International and local speakers and delegates alike were overwhelming in their praise for quality of the event – from the plenary presentations to the exhibition, the opening cocktail party to the gala dinner...
Green Star SA Launched05 November, 2008, GBCSA At the first annual GBCSA Convention & Exhibition in November, the GBCSA was proud to officially launch our first green building rating tool for full usage. Green Star SA - Office v1 is now available in complete form and can be downloaded from the GBCSA website. The accompanying Technical Manual (providing extensive background as well as technical and documentation requirements) is available for purchase through the GBCSA website, or alternatively is included as part of the Green Star SA Accredited Professional course...
Green Star SA Accredited Professional Courses - New Dates!05 November, 2008, GBCSA The first Green Star South Africa (GSSA) courses were held in Cape Town in November, following the successful launch of the GSSA Office v1 Rating tool at the inaugural GBCSA Convention & Exhibition. Over 200 delegates attended the four courses, taking the first step towards becoming Green Star SA Accredited Professionals. Due to the high demand, a second round of two courses was run in Johannesburg in early December for an additional 100 delegates. add your organisation to this prestigious, select group. The Green Building Council is now pleased to announce the dates for the next round of courses...
Green Star SA – Office v1 rating tool update09 September, 2008, GBCSA The Green Star SA – Office v1 rating tool is set for full release at the GBCSA’s Convention & Exhibition on 2-4 November. The feedback period for public comment on the Pilot tool closed on 1 September, and feedback comments are currently being reviewed.
Membership of GBCSA Growing!!!09 September, 2008, GBCSA The Green Building Council, having opened for membership at the SAPOA Convention in May, has been extremely well supported by the industry. We are experiencing overwhelming interest and organisations are showing their commitment to the green building movement by signing up as members. We currently have 100 members registered and this number continues to grow!
Green Building, the Way of the Future~ SAPOA IPD Conference Presentation Update09 September, 2008, GBCSA “Green buildings are the way of the future, and buildings that are not green will ultimately become obsolete”. That was the message delivered at the recent SAPOA/IPD Investment Conference by Bruce Kerswill, Executive Chair of the Green Building Council of SA, and reinforced by Christopher Hedley of IPD London.....
Property Industry to gather in Cape Town in November to Hear International Green Building Experts!09 September, 2008, GBCSA If you’re part of South Africa’s property industry – you simply cannot afford to miss the GBCSA Convention & Exhibition '08! From the United States to Australia, the UK to Brazil, we’ve assembled an impressive and diverse line-up of speakers which would rival any number of international green building conferences. With 10 top-level international speakers confirmed so far, all leading authorities and pioneers of the green building movement, this 2-day event will be both informative and inspirational. ...
Jaime Lerner to speak at GBCSA convention ‘0809 August, 2008, GBCSA Jaime Lerner, the renowned ex-mayor of Curitiba, Brazil and a former President of the International Union of Architects has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the GBCSA Convention & Exhibition in November. Lerner will present his “Sing a Song of Sustainable Cities” presentation and share his wealth of knowledge on the subject......
Official launch of Green Star SA – Office PILOT.30 July, 2008, GBCSA Green Star SA - Office PILOT tool is now available for download on the GBCSA website at under Green Star SA Rating Tools. The PILOT phase will run until 1 September, 2008, and the final version of the tool will respond to the feedback received. The industry is urged to contribute comments through the online form available on the Green Star Office Pilot rating tool . page!
Green Building Council Sponsorship26 June, 2008, GBCSA Opportunities exist for your organisation to associate itself with the set up of the Green Building Council by becoming a “Founding Member” sponsor – which will fund the organisation until “annuity” streams from membership fees, events, etc. are in place......
SB08~ Melbourne 21 - 25 September 200825 June, 2008, SB08 Conference Secretariat The World Sustainable Building (SB) Conference series, which has been held every three years, is the peak gathering of the world’s leading technical experts and researchers on sustainable built environments. Key events at this year's Melbourne conference include the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s release of its Energy Efficiency in Buildings project, which will map out the transition to a 2050 world in which buildings use zero net energy as well as the International Green Building Market Report .............
New 'green' rating system to launch19 June, 2008, Property 24.com The Green Building Council of SA is about to launch its new Green Star rating tool for buildings in July 2008. ....
Green Star Development Update11 June, 2008, GBCSA The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), technical consultant ARUP and the volunteer Technical Working Group have all been busily working on the Pilot rating tool for Green Star SA – Office…….
The Green Building Council of SA Opens for Membership!10 June, 2008, GBCSA The Green Building Council of SA is pleased to announce that we are now officially open for membership! The Membership Launch took place at the SAPOA Convention at the CTICC from 28 - 30 May, which served as the perfect platform from which to launch this important industry body......
Review of Workplace 6 Breakfast Presentation10 June, 2008, GBCSA The GBCSA hosted a very successful breakfast presentation on 20 May 2008 at the Granger Bay Hotel School in Cape Town. Anika Spears, the Environmental Manager of Buildcorp Australia - the developers of Workplace 6 - shared her experience as a project team member of the first 6 Star Green Star building in Sydney......
SA's own green building code ready to be launched30 May, 2008, Cape Times The Green Building Council of South Africa is well advanced with the development of a green building rating system for South Africa..............
Power constraints drive a green agenda in property sector21 May, 2008, Creamer Media's Engineering News Seeking the silver lining in the power crisis, the commercial and industrial property sector, unified by the South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa)...
SA accelerates green-building techniques amidst national electricity crisis11 May, 2008, Creamer Media's Engineering News Awareness of the need to save energy and safeguard natural resources has grown markedly over the last decade as scientific evidence of climate change and its potential consequences has permeated the popular imagination...
SA to draw lessons from Australian green-building rating system25 January, 2008, Creamer Media's Engineering News The South African property market is preparing to enter the global 'green-building' boom, and the newly established Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has set to work on developing a ratings tool for the assessment of so-called green buildings...
Newsletter November 200730 November, 2007, Newsletter The Green Building Council has made great progress this year, moving from idea to reality with a full plan of action for 2008. We would like to bring you up to date with what has happened and where we are going...
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