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The Green Building Council of South
Africa is dedicated to building a greener future. “Our purpose is to inspire a
built environment in which people and planet thrive. Buildings are one of the
main contributors to climate change. Building green is an opportunity to use
resources efficiently and address climate change while creating healthier and
more productive environments for people and communities.”
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Appropriate Technology: Small is beautiful
The economist and philosopher, Dr Ernst
Friedrich Schumacher, wanted to stress that small-scale technologies are the
ones needed in the fight against poverty. These solutions have great
advantages: they can be implemented with local resources and skills and they
are affordable - which makes them tools that empower people to help themselves.
The impact of appropriate technology becomes particularly noticeable when innovative
solutions are used and promoted by social entrepreneurs who put social impact
at the heart of their business. The combination of low-cost technology and
social entrepreneurship can have far-reaching implications for thousands of
lives. Creating jobs, stimulating ownership confidence and the spirit of
innovation - this is what social businesses are looking for.
Appropriate technical solutions, such as
low cost housing, improve life quality and can give the initial push for
development.
Economic drivers of change: Jobs and houses.
Poverty housing affects people’s health
and well-being, their job prospects and ability to make a living. It locks
people into a cycle of poverty.
It also holds children back from
fulfilling their potential: children living in bad housing are more likely to
suffer from serious health problems, to have learning difficulties and miss
school and to face unemployment and poverty later in life.
The impact on children’s development is
both immediate and long-term. Growing up in poor or overcrowded housing has
been found to have a lasting impact on a child’s health and well-being
throughout their life.
Pollution: Production of materials:
Select materials that do not consume huge
amounts of energy to produce: The burning of fuels releases a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is thought to cause global warming.
Other pollutant gases that are released when fuels are burned include carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and Sulphur dioxide.
Cost: Cost per kilogram of materials
In order to reduce cost of construction,
yet producing a socially acceptable, resilient, affordable, building that will withstand
the ravages of nature, weather and time requires knowledge of the “ingredients”
that will ultimately culminate into the final product – The house
Economies of scale:
Shorten the supply chain:
Shortening the supply chain is a
universal business goal in the global automotive industry. A shorter supply
chain is generally recognized to be leaner, more agile, more “accountable,”
and, most importantly, less expensive. However, the real economic value of a
shorter supply chain has rarely been critically measured in the
construction sector. Simply put: The Hardware store or DIY builder supply chain
store profit and overhead cost cannot be borne when “lean construction” is the target. Frugal innovation is the approach to deliver cost effectively.
Implementing Frugal Principals to reduce
cost - NOT quality.
The use of local raw materialThe use of local unskilled labourSpeed of construction
Cost: Lean thinking - Cost Reduction Principal
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Training and work opportunities created:
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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
- Kick starting African economies post Covid-19 - Link
- Jobs producing food and shelter - Back to Basics - Link
- Fourth Industrial Revolution | Housing Construction - Link
- EmpowerPEOPLE to help themselves - Link
- How to reduce the cost of housing construction? - Link
- Project Trinidad - Link
- Gauteng Education Department - Link
- Western Cape Education Department - Link
- World Economic Forum – Future of Construction – World Bank - Link
- Innovative Low Cost Housing Design Concept - Link
- Hennie Botes - A true South African Entrepreneur - Link