If you’re planning on building a Green Building you want to be confident that your design team is capable of delivering a design with the best chance of success with respect to the three main concerns relating to sustainable building; namely economic, social and environmental concerns.

Our Sustainable Building Consultants are Accredited Professionals by the Green Building Council of South Africa and are appointed in addition to the conventional building design team. Their role is to work directly with owners, architects, engineers, and other real-estate professionals to integrate sustainable building techniques, technologies and materials into specific building projects so that they are essentially more comfortable, more efficient, more attractive, and ultimately more profitable.  

As part of the design team they will significantly increase the chance of delivering a quality green building within budget, creating tremendous value by way of utility savings, occupant security, occupant health, and increased property value.  

Ideally, our Sustainable Building Consultants should be appointed prior to the schematic design stage as it will vastly increase the likelihood of achieving project requirements within budget and it is also vital if the project is to be awarded Green Star points for having an Accredited Professional on the design team.

Depending on the services required a Sustainable Building Consultant will be of great assistance with the following tasks:

1)     Decisions relating to the performance requirements of the building; with particular relevance to sustainability.

2)     Decision-making process relating to the range of appropriate services, technologies and professionals capable of fulfilling the needs of the building’s performance requirements.

3)     Provision of information relating to the capability and availability of appropriate technologies.

4)     Decision-making process relating to the selection of the buildings fittings and finishes.

5)     Design of sustainable systems e.g. water heating, electricity, HVAC, water recycling

6)     Energy efficiency within the building

7)     Water efficiency within the building

8)     Computer simulation of building performance

9)     Energy modelling of building

10)  Project Management relating to specific sustainable building systems i.e. water and energy consumption, waste management.

11) Documentation process required for Green Star. 

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To find out the typical scope of work allocated to each of the above tasks please contact us for more information.

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