Taking a commercial property off the water grid

Taking a commercial property off the water grid

Growthpoint Properties has successfully taken a sizeable South African commercial building completely off the municipal water grid. The District, in the heart of Woodstock in Cape Town, has become Growthpoint’s first “water net-positive” building. It is also the first...

Blockchain to measure conservation efforts

ixo Foundation, the non-profit open-source software development foundation that is building the ixo Blockchain for Impac’, has partnered with the Seneca Park Zoo Society to measure impact for global conservation projects and develop funding flows for zoos and...
How feasible is the Carbon Tax deadline ?

How feasible is the Carbon Tax deadline ?

One thing is certain in this context: anyone having to sign off on the Carbon Tax Bill has an unenviable job. By Justine Sweet, LexisNexis contributing author and specialist environmental legal consultant Though everyone making submissions at the Carbon Tax Draft Bill...
Coca-Cola taps into SA sunshine

Coca-Cola taps into SA sunshine

Coca-Cola Beverages SA (CCBSA) is going solar by installing rooftop solar photovoltaic units at 11 of its sites, with a combined installed capacity of 10,4MWp renewable energy once completed. Under a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Mulilo Group, the plants...
The heat is on in the energy sector

The heat is on in the energy sector

Renewables, smart homes, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) will have a massive impact on how energy companies need to address the market in 2018, predicts Colin Beaney, IFS’s global industry director for energy and utilities. Every year...