Gauteng Business 2016 edition
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
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OVERVIEW<br />
will feed a new MTN generation<br />
plant as well as other customers in<br />
Lakeview and Constantia.<br />
Green building<br />
Increasingly, new building developments<br />
aim to become more<br />
environmentally friendly in order<br />
to comply with new legislation,<br />
reduce costs and ensure the sustainability<br />
of buildings in a time of<br />
diminishing resources. According<br />
to the Green Building Council of<br />
South Africa (GBCSA), a green<br />
building is a building which is ‘energy<br />
efficient, resource efficient<br />
and environmentally responsible’<br />
– it incorporates design, construction<br />
and operational practices.<br />
According to the MasterCard<br />
Insights Report on Urbanisation<br />
and Environmental Challenges,<br />
Johannesburg ranked second<br />
among countries from Asia/<br />
Pacific, Middle East and Africa in<br />
dealing with urbanisation and<br />
environmental challenges. One<br />
example of a newly erected envi-<br />
ronmentally friendly building in <strong>Gauteng</strong> is the Nedbank head office<br />
in Sandton. This is the first building in South Africa to win a four-star<br />
rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa.<br />
The rating encompasses key elements such as energy-efficient<br />
lighting, an excellent waste recycling system and a full- economy airconditioning<br />
system. Altogether the building is set to use 30 percent<br />
less energy than a conventional building. Another ‘green’ building is<br />
Absa’s huge new office complex in downtown Johannesburg — Absa<br />
Towers West. The building has incorporated green design elements<br />
including the largest grey-water system ever installed in South Africa<br />
with a capacity of 43 000 litres of water per day.<br />
In terms of national support, the Industrial Development Corporation<br />
has pledged to spend R25-billion on the green economy in the five<br />
years to <strong>2016</strong>, with a major focus on solar panels, technology to extract<br />
carbon from the smoke emitted by power stations, and other technologies.<br />
Furthermore, the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC-SA),<br />
which is funded through the National Treasury and hosted by the CSIR,<br />
aims to boost the competitiveness and productive capacity of industry<br />
in South Africa through cleaner production methods.<br />
Investment opportunities<br />
• Development of environmentally friendly infrastructure.<br />
• R&D into more efficient environmentally friendly practices and<br />
technology.<br />
• Establishment of appropriate waste management and waste<br />
disposal.<br />
• Production of fertilisers from chemical waste.<br />
• Recycling (bottles, tyres, etc).<br />
97 GAUTENG BUSINESS <strong>2016</strong>