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Nedbank Head Office Campus leads the way to building excellence in Namibia
The Nedbank Head Office Campus in Windhoek has been awarded a 6-star New Build Office As-built rating by the Green Building Council South Africa, making it the first 6-star building in Namibia to receive this certification and ‘World Leadership Excellence’ status in environmentally sustainable building practices.
+10th March 2023
Solid Green’s Offices on the Biophilic Map
Leading the green building sector, Solid Green has achieved another First with its own office being the first project in Africa to make it onto the Biophilic Map.
+21st May 2018
The Return of the Geyser
Warren Gray explores the business case and regulatory framework for a combined resistance hot-water heater with photovoltaic energy solution – turning geysers into batteries.
+30th July 2017
Support for Residential Certifications
Solid Green offers a range of services and products designed to improve the performance of homes, and to make the certification of residential projects easy and efficient.
+31st March 2017
Residential Modelling: Case Study
Extensive modelling exercises were undertaken for a four-bedroom house on Waterfall Estate, Johannesburg – and the results yielded significant improvements in terms of energy and cost efficiency for this new home, with a 30% overall improvement in HVAC energy from optimising the building fabric.
+26th January 2017
Solid Insight: Your One-Stop Solution
Whether used as a live dashboard in a building foyer, for carbon-emissions reporting or to manage distributed solar production, Solid Insight brings energy and water data to the age of cloud computing.
+24th August 2016
Revolutionising Energy Efficiency Simulation in the design of homes
The engineers at Solid Green have been applying their minds to reducing the cost and difficulty of performing Energy Efficiency Simulation, producing a bespoke software and automation solution that answers the most common architectural questions on projects.
+6th July 2016
EDGE Services
How does EDGE work? The developer and professional team perform a self-assessment of the proposed design. They may get a sustainability consultant to help them achieve EDGE compliance and ensure all details are correctly entered into…
+19th May 2016
EDGE: Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and The National Home Builder Registration Council (NHBRC) are to partner with Solid Green Consulting to implement the EDGE standard in South Africa, involving a 20% reduction in building energy use, water use, and embodied material energy.
+29th February 2016
Complete your SANS10400 XA assessments online
Introducing Solid XA, an innovative web app developed by Solid Green to take the hassle out of completing and submitting your SANS10400 XA Rational Path to Compliance assessments. Get an instant quote on your assessment and create and manage your projects for free easily through your web browser.
+7th October 2015
Building Modelling at Solid Green
This article comprises a breakdown of the comprehensive accreditation and performance modelling and simulation which we perform on our buildings at Solid Green.
+21st January 2015
Solid Green Company Profile
Below you will find the latest Solid Green Company Profile brochure. If you are having issues viewing it through your browser, please download the pdf version.
+22nd May 2013
SANS 10400 Part XA Design and Assessment
The new energy regulations allow for two paths to show compliance. Deemed-to-satisfy and rational assessment paths to compliance. Solid Green has experience in performing a wide variety of rational assessments for buildings ranging from free standing residences to large retail complexes.
+15th March 2013
