Celebrating a Decade of EDGE: Ten Years of Building a Greener Future
In 2025, the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) EDGE programme marks a decade of transforming how we design, build and operate sustainable buildings.
+18th November 2025
Alice Lane Precinct: Celebrating Redefine’s Net Zero Certification
Together with Redefine Properties, we celebrated the Alice Lane Precinct’s Net Zero Carbon Level 2 (Measured) certification from the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA).
+26th August 2025
Cape Town: Supporting Local Communities on Mandela Day
In celebration of Mandela Day, the Cape Town team joined hands to make a meaningful impact through a Collection Drive dedicated to uplifting vulnerable members of the local community. Leading with compassion and service, the initiative was rooted in a vision to foster long-term social and environmental sustainability.
+26th August 2025
The Living Product Challenge: Health, Inspiration and Regeneration
The Living Product Challenge is the world’s most advanced product sustainability standard. This article for Building and Décor features information and links to a webinar supplied by the Regenerative Collaborative South Africa and GreenED.
+13th November 2023
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
Muhammed Aadil Fayzoo: meaningful impact though Sustainability
Muhammed Aadil Fayzoo joined Solid Green at the end of 2022 as a Junior Green Building Consultant. Here, he tells us about his journey towards a career in sustainability, and highlights what is means to be part of the team.
+10th March 2023
Ballito Hills Lifestyle Centre certifications
Ballito Hills Lifestyle Centre, developed by Balwin Properties, achieved a 6-Star Green Star Public & Education Building (PEB) certification in April this year. Part of the upmarket Ballito Hills Lifestyle estate, the building also achieved a Net Zero Carbon Level 1 rating in March – with both certifications undertaken by Solid Green.
+12th July 2021
Lockdown Education Activities
While the Covid-19 lockdown has certainly been an unexpected journey, it has provided an opportunity for team members to improve their knowledge and skills in line with best international practice and emerging trends in the built environment.
+7th July 2020
Boutique Hotel targets Net Zero Carbon
Hotel Nieu, an upmarket off-the-grid boutique hotel on the corner of Cameron and Marais streets in Nieu Muckleneuk, Pretoria, was born out of a desire to create intentional urban communities. The project is aiming to achieve a Net Zero Carbon rating through the Green Building Council South Africa.
+3rd July 2019
Iconic 35 Lower Long gets 4 Stars
The new 35 Lower Long is an elegant 24-storey tower designed by DHK Architects and developed by owners, Abland and Ellerine Bros, on Cape Town’s Foreshore precinct. With Solid Green as sustainability consultants, the project received a 4-star Green Star Design certification after Round 1 in December 2018.
+26th February 2019
Sustainable Transport Transitions
As urban environments either push or pull us into sustainable modes of transport, Jessé Hamman, Sustainable Building Consultant at Solid Green, shares her personal behavioural shift from single-occupant vehicle use to carpooling, commuting and cycling.
+27th November 2018
Drive towards Sustainable Transportation
In the last five years, Solid Green has made sustainable transport a priority, successfully encouraging its employees to rethink their transport options, and enabling people to move away from private car use.
+28th May 2018
Creating Sustainable Cities
Marloes Reinink highlights a number of strategies for developing sustainable cities that enhance liveability, create economic opportunities and foster environmental responsibility through a pragmatic vision and design excellence.
+31st July 2017
The grass is greener – Solid Green in Asset
Solid Green has been featured in the September edition of Asset, the commercial property magazine with substance. The article features an interview with Solid Green Consulting founder Marloes Reinink where she chats about her lifelong interest in sustainability and why the industry still has a long way to go
+26th October 2015
Green Building Interiors
Marloes presented at the CPD seminar titled Enhanced Green Building Ratings using Product Certification and Life Cycle Assessment.
+3rd March 2015
