Four Leaf Estate receives EDGE final certification, a first in Africa.

Fourleaf Estate residential development in Port Elizabeth is the first residential project in Africa to meet the EDGE resource-efficiency standard and receive EDGE final certification. Ecolution Consulting were the EDGE auditors for the Fourleaf project, ensuring that all criteria were met in order to achieve certification. “We believe that EDGE will […]

Ecolution gears up for LEED V4

On October 31st the sun will officially set on registrations for LEED 2009, making way for a new and improved version of the already-high-performance green building benchmark. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a green building certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). It is considered globally […]

Building Commissioning: So Much More than a Credit

An expert system resulting in quality buildings with manifold benefits Today the Green Building Council of South Africa released a technical clarification on their commissioning clauses, explaining that Green Star allows for either the CIBSE or ASHRAE guidelines based Commissioning Processes to be implemented to achieve the relevant credits for certification (see CIR: […]

Green Building Costs and Trends

A study was recently undertaken to reveal current costs and trends in the green building industry in South Africa by the GBCSA, the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors and the University of Pretoria. By May 2016 a total of 180 buildings had been certified by the GBCSA and more […]

Google office wins Interior Awards

Google South Africa’s Head Office in Bryanston, Johannesburg, has won top spot in the International Green Interior Awards, an initiative delivered by Australian Living, a sustainable building consultancy. Ecolution Consulting was responsible for implementing the fundamental commissioning process for the country’s head office, while ecocentric and Solid Green were the […]

GBCSA awards Hotel Verde for achieving the highest Green Star rating in the country

Hotel Verde came out on top achieving the Highest Rated Building Award at the Annual Green Building Convention 2015. Hotel Verde, having achieved 82 points, equating to a six-star certification, was rated with the Green Star SA existing building performance tool (EBP) and was certified in June 2015, where Ecolution was […]

Hotel Verde achieves Double Platinum status

Hotel Verde has been awarded platinum status, the highest certification, by the U.S. Green Building Council under the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance Rating System. This achievement makes it a double platinum building after having earned the same accolade under LEED New Buildings and Construction in May 2014. This success […]

Hotel Verde achieves 6 stars in EBP tool

Hotel Verde has become the first hotel to be rated with Green Building Council South Africa’s Existing Buildings Performance rating tool during its pilot phase, and achieved no less than the most prestigeous 6 stars (82 points) meaning that this project is recognised for world leadership in sustainable development. The rating […]

Platinum Heritage rating for Hotel Verde

Having worked alongside them towards their goals we are pleased to announce that Hotel Verde has been awarded a Platinum rating using the Heritage Environmental Management System (EMS). Not only is Hotel Verde built sustainably but has proved that it is now also operated sustainably. Heritage is recognised as one of the […]

Hotel Verde Awarded Prestigious Platinum Certification for LEED BD&C

As lead sustainability consultants on the Hotel Verde project it is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce that Hotel Verde is now the first building in Africa to have achieved a Platinum rating under the LEED green building rating system in the category of New Buildings and Construction. […]