Solid Green Latest News
The Solid Green blog features the latest in green industry news from here in South Africa and around the world, and documents our journey as we continue to make waves as a major player in the South African Green Building landscape. Join us for the ride!
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Solid Green certified LEVEL 2 B-BBEE Contributor
Achievements News
Solid Green has been certified as a LEVEL 2 Contributor to B-BBEE for 2015-16 achieving an overall score of 88.46 out of 100 as a Qualifying Small Enterprise. LEVEL 2 is the second highest rating and denotes a 135% BEE recognition level. Download Certificate.
7th May 2015
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Block F first 6 Star Green Star Building in Joburg
Achievements News
Upper Grayston Block F, with Solid Green as the sustainable building consultant, has become the first building to achieve a 6 Star Green Star SA Office v1 As built Rating in Gauteng. The office block, situated just off Ann Cresent in the heart of Sandton, has been lauded as demonstrating ‘World Leadership’ in the South African sustainability sphere.
20th March 2015
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Green Building Interiors
News
Marloes presented at the CPD seminar titled Enhanced Green Building Ratings using Product Certification and Life Cycle Assessment.
3rd March 2015
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A New Leaf for 2015: Solid Green’s Revamp
News
Solid Green has revamped its offices early this year, and we’ve built a new website too as we continue to evolve with the times. Because we want to “be the change we want to see” we decided to do the offices refurbishment the green way and have the new interiors certified.
9th February 2015
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Solid Green Office Revamp Begins
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The renovations have started and we have planned to move back into our green offices beginning of February. We are targeting a minimum 5 star Green Star Interior v1 rating and a LEED Gold Interior Certification. A green wall is going to be one of the many green features of our offices. This is exciting!
27th January 2015
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Building Modelling at Solid Green
Technical
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
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Solid Green End Year function 2014
News
To celebrate the wrapping up of a very successful and enjoyable year, the Solid Green team headed to Little Addis in inner Jozi for our 2014 year-end function, to be surrounded by the vibrant sights, sounds and smells of an undeniably alive urban landscape.
12th December 2014
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NELM project featured in Earthworks magazine
Press
Solid Green Consulting founder Marloes Reinink, who has worked on the National English Literary Museum project in Grahamstown, says because most often libraries are public buildings with modest budgets that rule out expensive HVAC systems, architects are required to implement core elements of passive design from the start.
2nd December 2014
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Leading by Example: Greening the Solid Green Offices
News
Here at Solid Green, we have undertaken the challenge of Green Star certifying our own office space, both as an example to other smallish businesses of how this can be achieved, and of course in the name of a sustainable future.
16th November 2014
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Solid Green takes Top Honours at Green Star Leadership Awards 2014
Achievements News
For the second year running Solid Green has picked up the coveted Established Green Star award at the annual Green Star Leadership Awards at the Green Building Convention in Cape Town. This year it was Chilu Lombe who took the honour, following in Marloes Reinink’s foot steps who took the award in 2013.
16th November 2014
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Four new Green Star certifications for Solid Green Projects
Achievements News
Just before the holidays kicked in we received the results of 4 of our submissions.We are incredibly proud to be involved with these projects. This brings the number of certifications to 8 for Solid Green. The following projects received their certification:
16th January 2014
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Two GBCSA Green Star Awards for Solid Green
Achievements News
Solid Green was awarded 2 Green Star awards at the GBCSA Rewire 2013 Convention in Cape Town (16-18 October). We won the award for “Best Quality Submission 2012/13” for the National English Literacy Museum (NELM) in Grahamstown.
28th October 2013
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