Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa February 2015 | Page 43

COMMERCIAL
REI COMMERCIAL

Expert Q&A

The listed property sector
shows immense growth

Seana Nkhahle is
the new Chairman
of the Green
Building Council

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he Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has appointed Seana Nkhahle from
the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) as its new Chairman.
Nkhahle, who is also a founding director of the GBCSA, takes over from Chairman
Bruce Kerswill, who played a leading role in the formation of the council.
Nkhahle is an Executive Director at SALGA, responsible for ‘Corporate Strategy and
Research’. Prior to this he was the Executive Manager and National Programmes Coordinator at the South African Cities Network from 2005 to 2009. In both these roles he
facilitated partnerships and support to selected municipalities to improve sustainability in
their operations with particular emphasis on energy, water and land use management.
Nkhahle holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) in Town and Regional Planning
from the University of the Witwatersrand. In 2004, Nkhahle received a recognition award
issued jointly by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Holcim Foundation
for Sustainable Construction. This was awarded for a toolkit he developed for assessing
sustainability of housing projects. The toolkit