First in Africa ?

We have Africa's first LEED 2009 NC Gold in the bag, as well as Africa's greenest factory ( LEED Silver ). The race is on for Africa's first Platinum building ? LEED works well in Africa, and many multinationals are taking notice of the benefits of energy and water efficient buildings as they prepare for Africa's boom times. Although LEED is a rating tool and not in theory a guideline, it provides a good set of training wheels for anyone in Africa interested in a methodology that will deliver the optimum sustainable building. Further, and to back up comments made by Jerry Yudelson, Building Commissioning ( and the OPR ) are the most important foundations for investment quality buildings - Verification ensures that “you built it right” and Validation ensures that “you built the right thing.”