Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa February 2016 | Page 11

PROPERTY ALERTS

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Bad

The
Good

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UCT shines in
South Africa’s first
Greenovate Awards

Buckle up for more
interest rate increases
in 2016

Households must cut
water usage by 20%

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oung environmental innovators
from the University of Cape
Town scooped both first and second
prizes in the inaugural Growthpoint
Greenovate Awards, which recognise
innovation linked to environmental
challenges by encouraging students
of the built environment to discover,
explore and invent ways to live more
sustainably.
For its premier programme,
students were challenged to come
up with ideas that would result in a
research project that promotes a more
sustainable bui