Belgotex Awarded SA’s
First Custom Industrial
Green Star Rating
Belgotex Floors recently announced that it has been awarded 6 stars in South Africa’s first custom Green
Star SA – Existing Building Performance (EBP) rating for an industrial facility from the Green Building
Council of South Africa (GBCSA).
T
he outstanding 6 Star certification recognises “World
Leadership” at its Pietermaritzburg-based factory for
its sustainability practices in all aspects of their plant
and carpet manufacturing operations. The Green Star SA -
Existing Building Performance (EBP) rating tool is the foremost
programme focusing on whole building operational performance
over 12 months measured against eight key criteria for human and
environmental health. For the first time ever, this EBP tool was
customised to cater for the certification of an industrial facility
in order to evaluate Belgotex’s factory. It was adapted by expert
green building consultants Ecocentric, who together with the
company’s comprehensive historic operational data and dedicated
on- site sustainability team accelerated the process and enabled
the company to achieve their certification in just 8 months.
Belgotex Floors achieved the 6 Green Star SA certification
for implementing outstanding practical and measurable strategic
solutions in the following areas:
• Management: Building management, green cleaning performance,
on-going monitoring and metering and learning resources;
• Indoor Environment Quality: Air qual