African Design Magazine March 2015 | Page 17

News Schools must go green and save Schools are increasingly seeing the benefits of going green through energy and water saving initiatives in the face of spiralling utility costs, says Brian Wilkinson, CEO of the Green Building Council of SA (GBCSA). Read more here SAPPMA calls for industry participation The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers’ Association (SAPPMA) is inviting industry participation in its 7th Pipe Quality Survey, by calling on companies to submit HDPE pipe samples for selective quality testing by an independent laboratory. Read more here No quick fix to power crisis While stakeholders scramble to ‘put out fires’ and keep the lights on, SAAEA has warned that there can be no quick fix to South Africa’s power crisis. Read more here africandesignmagazine.com 17