Environment & Sustainability

Can we help societies thrive in a world we do not control? WSP posed this question to four built environment professionals from engineering, environmental consulting and sustainability consulting to share their insights on the trends they believe will underline how we design and build for the future.

WSP in Africa are proud to have been involved in the 2018 Winning Projects in the Corporate Head Office, Industrial and Rural Development categories of the SAPOA Property Development Awards for Innovative Excellence, as announced on 21 June.

WSP in Africa is celebrating a million square meters milestone (1 million m²) of Certified Green Space in Africa. 

Rapid population growth and urbanisation of African cities will see nearly 350 million new city-dwellers by 2030, and a billion more by 2063. 

NET Power, a company developing a revolutionary emission-free natural gas power generation technology, has taken a leap forward with successful combustor first-fire at its 50MWth demonstration plant in Texas, USA. This major breakthrough was made possible in part thanks to the support of UK engineering consultancy WSP, who has been working on the green technology since 2013 from concept design through to commissioning support for its client NET Power.

 

WSP played a crucial role in the fast-tracked development of the City of Cape Town V&A desalination plant, feeding 2.0 megalitres of fresh water into the city’s network per day.

We speak to Barny Evans, author of a report by our UK environmental team, Powering Ahead – Fast Track to an All-Electric City.

New headquarters building for WSP in Africa was the first building constructed and completed within the Knightsbridge re-development in Bryanston. Located between Sandton CBD and Fourways with easy access to William Nicol, Main Road and the N1 Western Bypass, the building offers employees and visitors convenient access, beautiful views and aesthetics, and all the comforts of a green building. 

WSP in Africa, is pleased to announce the company received a Leading Company Award and that one of the company’s sustainability consultants received the Rising Green Star Award, during the Greenstar Leadership Awards ceremony that was hosted at the Green Building Convention in Cape Town on the 10th of October 2017. 

Earlier in 2017 it was announced that FNB Namibia Holdings’ @Parkside building achieved the first 4-Star Green Star design rating in Namibia and was aiming towards an 'As Built’ rating. With further innovations, this has been achieved and the building was awarded a 5-Star Green Star Africa As Built rating by the Green Building Council - making it the first 5-Star rated building in Namibia and Africa, outside of South Africa.