Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research assignment was done to determine the status and awareness of green building
solutions in Gaborone, Botswana for the year 2014. In a third world country like Botswana, design
and development of ‘green building’ is low on the agenda. As with many other third world countries,
other basic needs and services are missing and many people believe that all of those should be
sorted out before items such as green building solutions can be looked at.
Interviews were conducted with executives of companies in the property development industry or
companies that make use of commercial office space. Through these executives, access was
gained to the employees who were requested to complete an online survey. The focus of the
interviews and surveys was to gain information of the companies’ awareness of and involvement in
green building solutions, their view on the willingness to pay for such solutions and on its
implementation in the future.
In the findings, it became clear that cost is the most important aspect, especially when renting,
while when investing, most participants were willing to contribute towards green building solutions
with the understanding that this would contribute to lower running costs, and therefore returns on
the investment made.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/97177 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Malan, Heinrich |
| Contributors | Volschenk, Jako, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Graduate School of Business. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | x, 103 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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