Contents
of February 2009
COMMENT
Beauty
is essential
LETTERS
Merit
of Olievenhoutbosch debated
UPFRONT
What’s
new and happening?
GREEN
BUILDINGS
Sustainability
achieved at the Energy Works
GREEN
BUILDINGS BRIEFS
CITY
VISIT
Bridge
City: a buffer strip transformed
ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING & DESIGN
Cape
Town’s Grand Parade revitalised
WASTE
& POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
Can
vermicomposting be applied on a city-wide scale?
WASTE
& POLLUTION MANAGEMENT BRIEFS
INSPIRATION
A
sense of place in Philippolis
INSULT
Has greed destroyed Cradock’s main public square?
VIEWPOINT
The Coastal Management Act brings welcome protection for
South Africa's coastline.
Contents of April 2009
COMMENT
River
agencies recommended for cities
LETTERS
What to do about electronic waste?
UPFRONT
What’s new and happening?
GREEN BUILDINGS
How to specify environment-friendly paint
GREEN BUILDING BRIEFS
CITY VISIT
Sustainability attainable in Diepsloot?
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
Cost saving through water-efficient landscape irrigation
WASTE & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
Recycling of construction and demolition waste is on the up
WASTE & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT BRIEFS
INSPIRATION
Ellis Park Precinct remade…
INSULT
…but many buildings remain derelict
VIEWPOINT
New emission standards
Contents of June 2009
COMMENT
Water
and the environment
LETTERS
Environmental
credentials of paint questioned
UPFRONT
GREEN BUILDINGS
ABB goes ‘green’
Resource
efficiency with ‘green’ technology
GREEN BUILDING BRIEFS
CITY VISIT
Lumwana: new town founded
A
mine is the catalyst for a new town in remotest Zambia
ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING & DESIGN
Public spirit embraced
Shopping
centres move from ridiculous to sublime
WASTE & POLLUTION
MANAGEMENT
20% of waste to landfill achievable?
Johannesburg
hopes to dump less waste and recycle more
INSPIRATION
Cape Town’s pedestrianised Foreshore
INSULT
No
photographs, please
VIEWPOINT
Planning
should consider disaster-risk management
Contents of August 2009
Comment
Design with nature
Letters
Low-VOC paints defended
Upfront
What is new and happening?
GREEN BUILDINGS
Better productivity in greener buildings?
Does research support the notion that green buildings improve staff
productivity?
Compliant or not?
Does your green building project comply with the many rules and regulations in place?
Green building briefs
CITY VISIT
Cradle City’s
promising design
Could this innovative development be setting the precedent in terms of
sustainability?
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
& DESIGN
ILASA Awards of
Excellence
Preview of
some of the projects entered in the 2009 awards programme
WASTE & POLLUTION
MANAGEMENT
Retailer recycles 74%
of its waste
By embracing recycling, a retailer achieves significant savings in transport and disposal
costs.
Waste and pollution
management briefs
Inspiration
Cape Town treats its streets as important public spaces
Insult
Johannesburg leaves its landmarks to rot!
Viewpoint
Now is not the time to cut green spend
Contents of October 2009
COMMENT
Environmental
contribution considered
LETTERS
Melrose Arch becomes photo-friendly
UPFRONT
What is new and happening?
GREEN BUILDINGS
Lessons from New York
GREEN BUILDING BRIEFS
CITY VISIT
Density doubled at Thorntree View
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
& DESIGN
Joane Pim celebrated
WASTE & POLLUTION
MANAGEMENT
Wetlands in the treatment of stormwater and greywater
WASTE AND POLLUTION
MANAGEMENT BRIEFS
INSPIRATION
Two Johannesburg parks present picture-book playgrounds
INSULT
Depressing highways
VIEWPOINT
Carbon neutrality affords competitive advantage
Contents of December 2009
COMMENT
Urban renewal cannot be done in isolation
LETTERS
Energy efficiency of clay-brick houses deliberated
UPFRONT
What’s new and happening
GREEN
BUILDINGS
Menlyn Maine’s ambitious ‘green’ goals
Improvement of ecological systems envisaged
South
Africa’s first ‘green’ stars
Nedbank Phase 2 achieves a four-star green-design rating
GREEN
BUILDING BRIEFS
CITY
VISIT
20 Alexandra: renewal in the offing
A wide array of urban-renewal inventions under way
ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING & DESIGN
A preview of the new Green Point
An
urban park and stadium precinct of international standard
Willem
van Riet’s remarkable career
An iconic landscape architect celebrated
WASTE
& POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
BRIEFS
INSPIRATION
A sculpture in the urban landscape: Circa on Jellicoe
INSULT
Who switched the lights off?
VIEWPOINT
Railways should be optimised
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