South Africa’s first commercial green star-rated building has been unveiled. The cutting-edge building – the E block in Upper Grayston, a small multi-purpose development in the business district of Sandton – is the first small office building to receive five green stars from the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA).  “We want to get the message out to other developers,” says Martin Evans of Upper Grayston’s developer Bryprop, “that South Africa can produce green buildings economically.”  Green buildings are attractive to the property market, he says, and they offer a good return on investment.

Technikon Laboratories, an independent pharmaceuticals contract manufacturer, packer and distributor based in Johannesburg, recently installed a new Apex Smart Reset roll-up door in its dispatch area. The door, supplied and installed by Apex Strip Curtains, controls the exit through which all manufactured goods leave the factory.