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Source: South Africa News Agency Stakeholders in the human settlement sector have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing themselves to women empowerment. The Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA), South African Women in Construction (SAWIC) and Built Environment (BE) signed the agreement on Monday during International Women’s Day. The agreement aims to advance the transformation agenda within the social housing sector, through empowering women to lead and manage accredited...

Impactful designs Architecture students preparing their projects in the design studio. MUCH more than being designed just to be aesthetically attractive, green buildings are good for the environment. They impact consumers’ choices and decisions based on the idea of sustainability. In fact, sustainability itself has become the very focus of architects today when designing these green buildings. At a more ambitious level, green cities are being eyed and developed, and green buildings play a...

Human Settlements Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu NATIONAL NEWS - Stakeholders in the human settlement sector have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing themselves to women empowerment. The Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA), South African Women in Construction (SAWIC) and Built Environment (BE) signed the agreement on Monday during International Women’s Day. The agreement aims to advance the transformation agenda within the social housing sector, thr...

Varsities ready for new student intake By Bulelwa Payi Share UNIVERSITIES are set to reopen this month and preparations to welcome new students are under way. The institutions said they would continue offering hybrid tuition as the country fights the Covid-19 pandemic. Basic Education Minister Angile Motshekga announced the 2020 matric results earlier this week which reflected a 76.2% pass rate. The University of Cape Town said it had space to enrol 4 200 first-year students, while Stellenbo...

Conversations about Climate Change design competition and exhibition from the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has launched online with the Building Centre to showcase innovative, playful, and thought-provoking designs using responsibly sourced tropical timber.  Over 100 entries were received from around the world. The entries were anonymised and chosen based on their response to the climate change conversation brief, celebration of the properties of tropical wood, the quality of their design, a...

Share Agriculture at Reading has once again been ranked among the global elite, topping UK institutions offering courses in this field in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021. The University is ranked 12 globally for Agriculture & Forestry, a classification that includes study across a range of areas at Reading, including agriculture, food science, ecology, and soil sciences. The league table considered 1125 institutions and published a ranking of the top 400 for Agriculture. Profes...

The Tanjung Piai National Park is famously known for its vast mangrove forest located at the southernmost tip of the Asian continent. THE Pontian district in Johor is home to one of the most important mangrove ecosystems in the world. Located at the southernmost point of the peninsula and mainland Asia, and only 70km from Johor Baru, is the Tanjung Piai National Park. Spanning 325ha, it was recognised by the Ramsar Convention as a Ramsar site or Wetlands of International Importance in 2003. How...

Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/03/2021 - 5:44pm SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - City Council approved the strategic plan that lays out the direction the City of South Lake Tahoe will go over the next five years during their meeting Tuesday. The new plan includes 101 action items and Council and staff plan to tackle 21 of them in the next year and have already started on "six or seven" of them. “It’s an exciting time for South Lake Tahoe. We are looking toward the future of the City,” s...

Curtin University has again been named the world's second-ranked university and number one in Australia for Mineral and Mining Engineering in the 2021 QS...

New and existing buildings required to be more energy efficient under revised BCA standards Toggle share menu Advertisement Solar panels on Southeast Asias first Zero Energy Building in Singapore. (File photo: TODAY) 04 Mar 2021 07:00PM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: From the end of this year, all new buildings will face higher minimum energy performance requirements, said the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) in a media release on Thursday (Mar ...