Rising Tides: Looking back at the Women in Green Building Competition 2025
The 2025 Women in Green Building Competition reached an inspiring finale at the annual Green Building Convention, where this year’s winners were honoured and guest speaker Zandile Ndhlovu, founder of the Black Mermaid Foundation, challenged the sector to adopt a stronger gender lens in driving a just and sustainable transition. Why It Matters The Women […]
All the winners of the GBCSA Leadership Awards 2025
Congratulations to the winners of the GBCSA Leadership Awards 2025! GBCSA Leadership Awards celebrate excellence of people and projects in the built environment for the awards period (1 Oct 2024 – 30 June 2025).
Green Building Certification: The Key to Eliminating Greenwashing and Unlocking Sustainable Value
Too many buildings are being called ‘green’ without anything to back it up. As pressure mounts from investors and regulators to meet ESG targets, the difference between a marketing claim and real assessed performance matters more than ever. Green building certification gives the property sector a credible way to eliminate greenwashing, proving that a building […]
Celebrating 10 years of EDGE in Africa
Green building in South Africa continues to advance and grow thanks to great partnerships. As EDGE celebrates a decade of impact in green certification, it’s also an opportunity to reflect upon GBCSA’s history with International Finance Corporation (IFC) and EDGE.
2025 Certification Submission and Registration Timelines
A note for our project teams, property owners and developers who are working hard to transform our built environment with environmental sustainability as a priority. With the annual GBCSA Convention in a few months, and the end of the year in sight, it’s important that project teams involved in certifying projects with GBCSA are aware […]
EDGE is evolving: Important Notice about the Retirement of EDGE Version 2
Please note this article has been updated on 20 August 2025 with new dates. EDGE Version 2 will retire by June 2026. Here’s what project applicants need to know. To all project applicants, developers, client representatives, EDGE Experts, and EDGE Auditors:
Call for more EDGE Auditors!
We are growing our network of accredited EDGE Auditors on the African continent Green building certification is a thriving industry. EDGE certifications are growing. Net Zero certifications are picking up pace and overall Green Star certifications are increasing. There is specifically a need for more EDGE Auditors within South Africa and across the continent. This […]
2024 Certification Submission and Registration Timelines
A note for our project teams, property owners and developers who are working hard to transform our built environment with environmental sustainability as a priority. With the annual GBCSA Convention in a few months, and the end of the year in sight, it’s important that project teams involved in certifying projects with GBCSA are aware of […]
EDGE V2 is evolving
Please note: Dates below have been updated as of August 2025. Please visit this article for the latest update. EDGE V2 is retiring, replaced by EDGE V3. An important notice for those working on projects already registered (or Preliminary Certified) under EDGE Version 2. The EDGE App Version 2 is set to retire in December […]
GBCSA’s 1000th Certification Signals Exponential Growth for SA’s Green Buildings Sector
Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) recently signed-off on its 1000th green building certification since the organisation’s inception in 2007. The 1000th certification, awarded to the Visual Arts Building at Stellenbosch University,
Get the inside EDGE with GBCSA Academy
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced the roll-out plan for transitioning the EDGE training programme to Version 3. The roll-out, which commended on 15 February 2023 will conclude at the end of June when Version 2 of the training programme will be retired.