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With Hot Spot, a 200-litre geyser can supply 50 litres of hot water in just half an hour

Energy Efficiency and carbon management

Winner: Hot Spot

Architect David Roberts believes buildings should combine the best of ancient and modern knowledge

Innovation in construction

Winner: Rammed Earth House

Green engineer Vere Shaba.

​Slice of Life: Green is the new black

As a 28-year-old green engineer, I stood up in front of hundreds of professionals at a conference and was asked to contextualise green-building principles in Nigeria. One of the…

SA’s green job hopes hit red light

Trade rules, oversupply and advances in solar tech are spelling trouble for local energy industry.

The green economy is one of the ten job drivers identified by government’s New Growth Path.

Exporting green industries to the rest of Africa

The Board of the state’s lender has made it clear that it has the means to fulfill government’s objectives of creating a greener economy.

Nine sites have been identified in KwaZulu-Natal

Greening low-income housing developments

The IDC’s Green Industries unit has invested heavily in supporting the rollout of energy efficient alternatives to South Africa’s households.

The IDC co-funded industries involved in the government’s rollout of solar water-heaters in low-cost housing developments.

Reducing demand trumps creating capacity

Energy efficiency and a reduction in carbon emissions are at the top of most agendas around the globe, and no less so for the IDC.

The IDC’s Green Energy Efficiency Fund has R500-million to disburse.

IDC support making a real difference

With R90-million provided to South African companies under the IDC’s Green Energy Efficiency Fund the results from these projects are being seen.

Wind energy forms the largest single component of SA’s renewable energy push.

The green industry’s driving force

The Industrial Development Corporation has been mandated to support and develop the sector in the same way it backed the mining industry.