Housing in Southern Africa September 2016

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Carol Dalglish • Editor
Energy efficiency and green
building in the affordablemar-
ket is something all develop-
ers should strive for and not only to
simply complywithminimum legisla-
tion requirements. Annandale points
out that amiddle-class family earning
R15 000 back in 2010 may have spent
R750 on electricity but today this has
risen by more than 60%, while their
income has certainly not kept pace.
Tenants of The Block in Glenhaven
in Cape Town and Danica Manor in
Ravenswood in Johannesburg’s East
Rand will soon have access to EDGE
certified rental apartments, funded
by Nedbank and International Hous-
ing Solutions.
Nedbank Corporate and Invest-
ment Banking recently interviewed
affordable housing developers in
the Western Cape to test consumer
attitudes to green stock and gauge
the readiness of the market. Solar
water heaters appealed to a signifi-
cant portion of themarket and even
residentswho showednopreference
for environmental sustainability at
occupation have become enthusi-
astic adopters when they realised
the savings.
The City of Johannesburg re-
cently handed over keys to benefi-
ciaries of newhouses at the Fleurhof
Integrated mixed use housing de-
velopment on Main Reef Road. The
Fleurhof project will provide hous-
ing for 83 000 people on completion.
The former Mayor of Johannesburg,
Parks Tau announced that 9 154
families will be housed by the city
in the next three years.
Interface EMEA CEO and Presi-
dent of the world’s largest modular
flooring producer, Rob Boogaard
has appealed to the construction
industry to set ‘outrageous but
sustainable targets’ and reduce
carbon dioxide emissions. He cites
the alarming tendency to develop a
‘green product’ without doing the
hard work to internally eliminate
any negative impact on the envi-
ronment during the manufacturing
process. Interface’s Netherlands
plant uses 100% recycled products
to produce flooring. The plant’s
power is produced from chocolate
waste and dead fish heads.
Leading infrastructure group,
Aveng has soldoff its equity interests
in fourmajor infrastructure develop-
ments to Royal Bafokeng Holdings
– the 138 MW Gouda Wind Farm; its
27 year concession to build, oper-
ate and maintain the Department of
Environmental Affairs office campus
in Tshwane; the N3 Toll concessions
to build, design, finance and operate
the toll road between the Cedra In-
terchange in KZN to Heidelberg; and
the 74 MW Sishen Solar Photovoltaic
Plant in the Northern Cape. Kutana
has acquired Aveng’s 70% stake in
Steeledale, a reinforcing and mesh
business.
We hope you enjoy the read.
Nedbank’s green affordable
housing…
Thedevelopers’ favouritebanker, ManieAnnandale, Headof Affordable
Housing Development Finance at Nedbank, identified the need for
‘green’ affordable housing almost three years ago. This has resulted in
more than1 000Gapmarket and social housingunits beingbuilt, which
will receive the coveted Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies
(EDGE) certification from the Green Building Council of South Africa.