Khosi is Senior Sustainable Building Consultant and Africa Projects Lead at Solid Green. This award recognises individuals making the most meaningful contributions to South Africa’s built environment – a fitting acknowledgement of the depth and consistency of Khosi’s work over the past year, and we’re proud to celebrate it with her.

A rare combination of skills

Khosi holds a Master of Architecture (Prof.) degree from the University of Cape Town, and her work reflects that design background paired with extensive expertise in green building certification, sustainability strategy, and building performance. Over the past year, that combination has shown up across a range of milestones:

• Runner-up, Highest Rated Project (New Development) at the GBCSA Leadership Awards: lead Accredited Professional on CPT 14 Zola AWS Central in Cape Town’s Riverlands Precinct.
• Runner-up, Established Green Star at the same awards, recognising her sustained contribution to the Green Star space.
• Delivery of Africa’s third, and one of the continent’s pioneering, WELL Health-Safety Ratings, bringing occupant health and wellbeing into projects alongside the usual energy and resource metrics.
• Authorship of the Green Star Local Context Reports for Kenya and Zimbabwe, enabling Green Star certification in new African markets, including the first Green Star-rated fitouts in Kenya for clients such as The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard.

As Khosi puts it:

Sustainability is most impactful when it’s embedded into every decision. Technical rigour, collaboration, and evidence-based thinking are what transform ambition into measurable outcomes.

Sharing what she knows

Beyond project work, Khosi puts real time into strengthening the wider industry. She has lectured seasonally at UCT and serves as a judge for the Greenovate Student Awards, helping the next generation of architects and engineers think about sustainability from the start of their training. She also contributed to the technical development of Green Star South Africa Version 2, helping shape the future of sustainable building standards.

Her own path, from green building student to GBCSA “Green Rising Star” to national award winner, is also a strong example for women building technical careers in a sector that’s still often male-dominated.

Part of a bigger picture

Khosi’s award reflects the kind of work Solid Green has built its reputation on. Her work across Green Star, WELL, Net Zero Carbon, and sustainability strategy has helped strengthen Solid Green’s position as a leader in sustainable building certification across Africa.

Congratulations, Khosi! This award recognises what you’ve built over the past decade, and we’re looking forward to what’s next.