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Record Number of Entries for Energy Efficient Lighting Design Competition
Power utility Eskom this year received a record number of 567 entries from designers for its Energy Efficient Lighting Design competition (EELDC), which closed for entries on July 30.The biennial competition aimed at encouraging the integration of energy efficient lighting in architectural, engineering, and interior design. Professionals and students too…
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World Environmental Week 1-5th June 2010
The theme for this year’s World Environmental Week is 'Many Species. One Planet. One Future' and is being hosted by Rwanda. This theme ties in with 2010 being the International Year of Biodiversity as proclaimed by the UN.June 5th is the official World Environment Day but the week preceding it…
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The Green Building Conference and Exhibition 2010
The Green Building Conference and Exhibition 2010 was held at Gallagher Estate, Midrand on the 29th-30th April. The opening address was delivered by the Minister of Public Works Geoffrey Doidge who said that South Africa has the technical and manufacturing capacity to be an international leader in greening the built…
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Aluminium a Tool for Sustainability
Aluminum can contribute to the growing green building market as it is a sustainable material and is easily and frequently recycled, reports the Aluminium Federation of South Africa (Afsa).
Afsa aluminium specialist Dr Tony Paterson says that, although the aluminium industry is perceived as using large amounts of energy in…
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Best New Building products
Electricity from urine, bridges made of recycled plastic, and salvation for the engagement ring that went down the sink… The building products industry is exploding with ideas.
The “tried and true” is being challenged relentlessly by new products and technologies. Age-old problems are being solved by insightful re-envisioning of familiar…
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