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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
APRIL
2016
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
This new development is situated in the
heart of the Centurion Central Business
District and consists of two open plan
office buildings situated on a total area of 23 000
square metres and has received a Five Star Green
Building Rating from the Green Building Council
of South Africa (GBCSA).
Tiffany Boesch, group financial director of
PPS, says the company is proud to be part of the
development as it is PPS Property Fund Trust’s
latest green office development.
“Investing in green technology will not only
lead to cost reductions in the long term, but will
also result in reduced use of resources and have
a positive impact on the health and wellness
of the occupants and surrounding community.
“At PPS, about 15% of our members are
professionals within the built environment and
we therefore are duty bound to be at the cutting
edge of construction trends and green building
technology. When the opportunity presented
itself to develop a new office park through our
Property Fund, we embraced this opportunity to
collaborate with the Green Building Council of
South Africa and demonstrate our commitment
to environmental stewardship and social respon-
sibility,” says Boesch.
What the architect says
Lood Welgemoed from Boogertman + Partners
Architects, says that the building achieves a 61%
improvement in carbon emissions through instal-
lation of various energy sub meters, web-based
energy meters as well as motion sensors all in an
effort to reduce energy consumption associated
with the lighting.“The efficient water fixtures and
fittings that have been installed in the building
also results in significant savings of potable
A survey of key PV stakeholders asked
about 50 different module brands and
100% of respondents said that Trina Solar
was bankable, confirming the company's leading
position in the solar PV market.
The report details the findings of a survey
conducted by BNEF to identify which module
manufacturers are most likely to obtain non-re-
course debt financing by commercial banks.
Survey participants, which were banks, technical
consultants, engineering contractors, asset
managers and independent power producers
(IPPs) from all around the world, were asked
which PVmodule brands they considered bank-
able by their own internal criteria, which is usually
based on product quality and the manufacturer's
financial strength.
Trina Solar topped the list of 50 module
manufacturers, being the only company that
all survey respondents believed was bankable.
The report also details how Trina Solar modules
were used in more debt financed projects than
any other manufacturer's modules since the start
of 2014, having secured funding for more than
1.2 GW for 15 different projects tracked by the
BNEF database. The BNEF database is not fully
comprehensive, but contains almost 14 000 solar
financings worldwide.
Commenting on the report findings, Teresa
Tan, chief financial officer of Trina Solar, said:
“The findings from this report are highly positive
and we believe that they come as further confir-
mation of our leading position in the industry
around the world. Trina Solar prides itself on the
sustainability and strength of its way of doing
business and this latest acknowledgement of
our leading bankability comes as a logical result.
We always strive to deliver bankable PV solutions
that are innovative and that will provide the best
returns for our customers. We have invested
heavily, and will continue to invest, in the quality
and performance of our PV modules to ensure
that they can deliver the highest yields in the
short and long term.
WORLD’S MOST
‘BANKABLE’
Trina Solar Limited, a global
leader in photovoltaic (PV)
modules, solutions, and
services, recently announced
that is has been named the
most ‘bankable’ PV module
manufacturer globally by
Bloomberg New Energy
Finance (BNEF).
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FIVE STAR GREEN OFFICE
DEVELOPMENT IN CENTURION
PPS Group, the financial services company in South Africa which
focuses exclusively on graduate professionals, announced the opening
of the PPS Centurion Square office development last month.
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Tiffany Boesch, group financial director, PPS.
water consumption. Rain water will be harvested
from the roof area to be re-used on the site
and greywater collected from sinks and showers
will be captured and treated for landscape irriga-
tion purposes.”
He explains that the GBCSA is a nationally
accepted organisation that leads the transfor-
mation of the South African property industry
to ensure that buildings are designed, built and
operated in an environmentally sustainable way.
“The GBCSA’s mission is to promote, encourage
and facilitate green building in the South African
property and construction industry through
providing an established common language and
best practice standard of measurement for green
buildings through the Green Star SA rating tools,”
concludes Welgemoed.