Is Green Building Really New to Africans?

According to the IFC, buildings account for about 40% of global energy consumption and 19% of greenhouse gas emissions. Given these statistics, reducing energy and resource consumption in buildings is increasingly becoming a focus of efforts at mitigating the effects of global climate change. In the lead up to COP21, buildings were recognized and identified…

The case for adopting Green Building practices in Nigeria

According to HSBC’s ‘Fragile Planet Report 2018’, Nigeria ranked the 15th most vulnerable country to climate change globally. Given the historic failures of successive Nigerian governments to proactively respond to such economic/social/environmental threats even with repeated warnings from our contemporaries in the West (e.g. Ex-President Obama’s repeated announcements of a reduction of US dependence on…

January 24, 2019adminGreen BuildingsClimate Change, Climate Investments, Emerging Markets, green buildings, IFC, nigeria, Sustainable Buildings, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Real Estate