Green Building Guildeline : Annexure A
List of Cape Town based examples of green building principles
Name
Alliance Francaise Centre
BP Head Office
Cob House Residence
Green Elephant Backpackers
Indlovu Community Centre
Kuyasa
Lwandle Hostels
Lynedoch Eco Village
Municipal Civic Centres
Novalis
Oude Molen Eco Village
Parow Municipal Building
Residence
Residence
Sandbag Residence
Simon Radcliffe Residence
Susin Strawbale Residence
The Green Building
Tsoga Enviro Centre
Vernon Collis Office/Residence Use of recycled material in upmarket home / office Vredehoek
Witsand EcoVillage
Elements Location Contact person Contact number E-mail
Compressed Earth brick construction with a boron Andy Horn or Malcolmn
treated (non toxic) pole roof (1996) Mitchelles Plain Campbell of ACG 021 - 462 1614 andy@ecodesignarchitects.co.za
Innovative green building design with various Alex Robertson from
elements in commercial building V&A Waterfront ARA 082 777 7054 alex@araconsultants.com
Andy Horn from Eco
Low cost self build cob residence Masiphumelele Design 021 - 462 1614 andy@ecodesignarchitects.co.za
Solar water heating, grey water system, recycling Observatory, Milton Rd - 021 - 448 6359 greenele@iafrica.com
Sandbag, solarwater heating, wind turbine, biogas off Mew Way, Monwabisi
digester, rainwater, greywater, permaculture and Park informal settlement,
passive solar design Khayelitsha Di Womersley 083 375 0988 info@shaster.org.za
Solar water heaters, CFLs and ceilings in Khayelitsha, off Walter Lester Malgas from
residential homes Sisulu Drive South South North 021 - 4251465 lester@southsouthnorth.org
Lwandle, just off N2 in Glynn Morris from
Solar water heaters on residential hostels Gordon's Bay Agama ?
unfired clay brick walls; natural air circulation; wind
chimneys; onsite sewerage treatment; school,
offices and 40 residences, bio-digester, bio-litix Lyndoch, Stellenbosh Mark Swilling 021 - 881 3294 info@sustainabilityinstitute.net
Voortrekker Road, Bellville
Energy efficient lighting - retrofit and Parow
PV panels that feed back into the grid; innovative Rosmead Avenue,
architecture Wynberg Ralph Shephard 021 - 797 1857 info@novalis.org.za
Strawbale stables and urban agriculture Pinelands John Holmes 021 - 447 9156 msm@mweb.co.za
Cnr Tallent and
Energy efficient lighting - retrofit Voortrekker, Parow
Residence with walls from Polystyrene Somerset West
Residence with walls from paper Muizenberg
Sandbag residence in low income area New Rest
Simon Radcliffe 083 449 3951 simon.radcliffe@t4corp.com
Strawbale home Noordhoek Anthony Susin 021 - 789 2697
Energy and water efficiencies; management,
maintenance and upkeep; investment; commercial Bell Crescent Close,
building Westlake Mark Borchers from SEA 021 - 702 3622 info@sustainable.org.za
recycled and sustainable materials, rainwater Oliver Thambo,
harvesting, grey water system, passive design to Welteverede Vallye North Alastair Rendall from
minimise energy needed, integrated design (Browns Farm) ARG Design 021 - 448 2666 alastair@argdesign.co.za
Vernon Collis vernoncollis@mweb.co.za
design and orientation of low cost housing Atlantis Peer Africa
Green Building Guideline : Annexure B
List of resource persons for Green Building design and techonology
Name Company Email Office number Fax Cellphone
Alex Robertson ARA alex@araconsultants.com 021 - 683 9470 021 - 683 9475 082 777 7054
Alistair Rendall ARG Design alistair@argdesign.co.za 021 - 448 2666
Andy Horne Eco Design ecodesign@mweb.co.za 021 - 462 1614 021 - 424 1614 082 676 2110
Anna Cowen Anna Cowen Architects acowen@iafrica.com 021 - 423 7600
Barry Wiesner Amathemba barrywiesner@mweb.co.za 082 463 6221 082 463 6221
Bas Kothuis BECO bkothuis@beco.co.za 021 - 689 7117 021 - 689 7116 082 784 0074
Cathrine Bill PGWC : DEADP cbill@pgwc.gov.za 021 - 483 2760 021 - 483 4425
David Nickel Cape Town Partnership david@capetownpartnership.co.za 021 - 419 1881 083 642 6616
Debbie Preller Cape Institute for Architecture info@cifa.org.za 021 - 424 7128 021 - 424 3620
Denis van Es Energy Resercah Centre; UCT dvanes@ebe.uct.ac.za 021 - 650 5787 021 - 650 2830 082 448 1920
Etienne Bruwer Greenhouse Design greenhaus@icon.co.za 021 - 794 4465 021 - 674 0360
Gita Goven ARG Design gita@argdesign.co.za 021 - 448 2666
Glaudin Kruger Int. Ass. of Impact Assessment kruger@kruger-associates.com 028 - 316 4658
Glynn Morris REEEP glynn.morris@reeep.org 021 - 881 3282
Greg Austin Agama greg@agama.org.za 021 - 881 3282
Guy Preston DWAF gpreston@mweb.co.za 083 325 8700
Herald Winkler Energy Research Centre, UCT erc@ebe.uct.ac.za 021 - 650 3230 021-650 2830
Jamie Marks Cape Town Building Centre bc@new.co.za 021 - 685 3040 021 - 685 3209
Jill Hogan McGreggor Alternative Technology Centre jill.hogan@mat.org.za 023 - 625 1533 088 023 625 1533
Jonathon Hanks Incite jon@incite.co.za 021 - 448 0441 021 - 448 0441 083 325 9482
Lester Malgas SouthSouth North lester@southsouthnorth.org 021 - 4251465 072 2990270
Many Vincent SA Landscapers Institute salicape@iafrica.com 021 - 558 4989 021 - 558 4989
Mark Borchers Sustainable Energy Africa mark@sustainable.org.za 021 - 702 3622 021 - 702 3625 083 789 2922
Mark Swilling Sustainability Institute mark.swilling@sopmp.sun.ac.za 021 - 881 3196 021 - 881 3198
Matthew Cullinan MCA Planners matt@mcaplan.co.za 021 - 685 1150 021 - 685 12 10 083 303 8583
Merle Sowman EEU at UCT merle.sowman@uct.ac.za 021 - 650 2866
Nirmala Nair ZERI South Africa info@zerisa.org 021 - 762 1228
Nitasha Baijnath-pillay PGWC : DEADP Npillay@pgwc.gov.za
Robert Ross Ross Demolition ivy@ross-demolition.co.za 021 - 511 1204
Ruth Stern UWC School of Public Health rstern@uwc.ac.za 021 - 959 2809 021 - 959 2872 082 505 4262
Sandy Rippon Sustainable Built Environments srippon@xsinet.co.za 083 286 7535
Simon Ratcliffe T4 Corporate Services simon.ratcliffe@t4corp.com 021 - 680 5307 021 - 683 9453 073 449 3951
Susan Dittke Envirosense envirosense@xsinet.co.za 021 - 706 9829 083 462 6665
Stefan NHBRC stefan@nhbrc.org 021 - 914 6570
Vernon Collis Collis Cowen vernoncollis@mweb.co.za 021 - 462 7718 021 - 462 7718
Vuyani Hako SAPAO vhako@metropolitan.co.za 021 - 917 3163
The President Master Builders Ass : WC info@mbawc.org.za 021 - 685 2625 021 - 685 2622
The Director UCT Architecture and Planning archiplan@ebe.uct.ac.za 021 - 650 2374 021 - 650 2383
* The Co-ordinator National CP Centre - CSIR info@ncpc.co.za 012 - 841 3772 012 - 841 5039
* Daniel Irurah WITS Architecture Dept irurahd@archplan.wits.ac.za 011 - 717 7638 011 - 717 7649
* Llewellyn van Wyk CSIR - Built Environment Unit lvwyk@csir.co.za 012 - 841 2677 012 - 841 3539 082 857 1318
* Tanja Dunstan Institute of Landscape Architects of SA ilasa@ilasa.co.za 012 - 803 7472 012 - 803 7472
* Tebatso Matlala CP Unit at DEAT TMatlala@deat.gov.za 012 - 310 3385 012 - 322 2309
* The Chairperson SA Institute of Architects admin@saia.org.za 011 - 782 1315 011 - 782 8771

* Indicates that they are not Cape Town based

Last update : March 2007
Green Building Guideline : Annexure C
List of Cape Town based examples of suppliers of green building material / elements
Supplier Elements Contact number Website E-mail
4EVR Grey water recycling systems and water tanks 021-905 5590 www.4evr.co.za info@4evr.co.za
Adequate Energy Solar charge controllers 021-462 4832
Agama Energy related products 021-881 3282 www.agama.co.za glynn@agama.co.za
Atlantic Solar Solar energy products 021-853 6409 www.atlanticsolar.co.za info@atlanticsolar.co.za
Berwa Electrical Instant water heater systems
Bio Systems SA Grey water recycling systems 021-786 2972 www.biosystemssa.co.za info@biosystemssa.co.za
Britx Insulation Systems Sustainable Insulation methods 021-557 1490 isotherm@brits.co.za
Cape Retaining Systems Permeable sufraces and 021-875 5130 www.terraforce.com
Treatment, protection and maintenance of wood
Enviro Touch and stone surfaces 021-556 1238 www.envirotouch.com info@envirotouch.com
PV Cells; wind turbines; energy efficient
Jupiter Resources appliences 021-671 4074
Solar Specifics Solar energy products 0860 105298 www.solarspecifics.co.za
Solardome Solar energy products 021-886 6321 www.solardome.co.za
SolEnergy Solar energy products 021-794 4372 www.solenergycc.com sales@solenergycc.com
Solnet Solar energy products 021-557 8067
Sunfed Solar Creations Solar energy products 072 955 0070
Sustainable Living Centre Various environmentally friendly products 021-702 3622 www.sustainable.org.za slc@sustainableprojects.co.za
PV Cells; solar water pumping systems; energy
Tenesa Total Energy efficient appliences 021-704 1575
Water Rhapsody Water saving products 021-531 9864 www.water-rhapsody.co.za info@water-rhapsody.co.za
Xstream Solar Solar energy products 021- 872 0900

Last update: March 07