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Building with three pillars of sustainability

A sustainable campus currently under construction within the N4 Gateway Park in Pretoria is to feature a 914 m2 as well as a 1 035 m2 warehouse facility. The building was designed by Earthworld Architects and incorporated three pillars of...
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Biogas: The energy of the future?

It is envisaged that Johannesburg may become the first city in South Africa to convert its entire fleet of buses to carbon-free fuel. This follows a pilot project earlier this year with Metrobus that resulted in positive feedback. “The city...
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Gas-to-power can save Africa

Africa’s under-used gas reserves are certain to play a significant role in plugging the continent’s electricity void. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world but electricity shortages are deterring...
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Government builds partnerships to deliver housing

Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says her department will work even harder to maintain solid relationships with the building industry in order to put roofs over the heads of millions of South Africans. Speaking on the first day of the...

Mapping Africa’s energy resources

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a US$265 000 grant to the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) partnership for the development of the Atlas of Africa’s Energy...

Make free clean drinking water using the sun

Drinking water is an effective source for the spread of gastrointestinal microbial pathogens that can cause severe human diseases. The large number of deaths and disease burden in the world caused by unsafe drinking water is a compelling reason to...