Indoor Environmental Quality Archives | Solid Green Consulting
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Green Star New Build V2: the Healthy and Places categories
The Green Star New Build V2 rating tool, piloted at the end of 2023, expands the minimum requirements that need to be met by project teams seeking this certification. Here, Adrie Fourie and Annelidé Sherratt share their expert insights.
+20th March 2024

Our Office Chapter 12: Far from Yesteryear
In reflecting on the office journey for this year, the “How it started … How it’s going” meme resonates with us – encapsulating the journey through time by juxtaposing contrasting starting and current points
+17th March 2024

Park Lane West: Shaping Sustainability in Urban Living
Park Lane West, the latest addition to the Menlyn Maine precinct, has achieved a 4-Star Green Star Office As-built certification, highlighting the client and project team’s commitment to wellbeing and sustainability.
+13th November 2023

A breath of fresh air: 6-Star Interiors rating for Firmenich’s Firsouth Office
Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, is committed to providing both their staff and visitors with a healthy and comfortable interior environment.
+9th November 2022

NERSA’s existing building achieves 4 Green Stars
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) recently undertook a major refurbishment on an existing building located on Madiba Street, Arcadia, in the Pretoria City Centre. This included targeting a 4-Star Green Star SA Office v1.1 As-built certification, which was awarded in March this year.
+4th May 2021

4-Star As-Built rating for 29 Richefond Circle
In September 2020, 29 Richefond Circle received a 4-Star Green Star As-Built rating – a commendable achievement that recognizes that the development’s sustainable design initiatives have been carried through to practical completion and occupancy for future tenants.
+4th November 2020

Our New Office: Chapter 3
Work is progressing well at our new office in Parkhurst. Gavin Westbrook explains that, as one of Africa’s foremost sustainability consultancies, Solid Green is walking the talk and actively pursuing the Living Building Challenge (LBC) Core certification.
+4th March 2020

Our New Office: Chapter 2
In October 2019, Solid Green hosted a Biophilia workshop for our staff and the professional team working on our new office in Parkhurst, to get everyone’s input on the design and to explore how they want the building to relate to them and the environment.
+12th December 2019

Literary Museum: User Satisfaction Study
A recent post-occupancy study of the National English Literary Museum revealed useful findings with regards to user satisfaction, user comfort and user tolerance of the internal environment.
+27th April 2019

Health is the new Green!
Health is a much neglected aspect of building green. Marloes Reinink explains how Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), which is concerned with (among other things) daylight, fresh air, thermal comfort and views, can be crucial to ensuring that buildings are healthy spaces for occupants.
+29th February 2016