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An alternative rainwater harvesting system design methodology

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Dec 2020 Climate change and rapid urbanisation have meant there is increasing pressure on water supplies in human settlements in South Africa. This has led to unreliable water supplies and outages. It is therefore important to understand whether there ... Read more
Appropriate architecture for sustainable development: The creation of ecological footprint and human development index capability

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Nov 2012 Carbon emission scenarios are used as key inputs in the sustainability and built environment strategies and policies. Decisions and direction in these are based on carbon emission models which show the optimum mix of interventions required ... Read more
Are environmental conditions in South African classrooms conducive for learning?

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T ; Motsatsi, L Date: Oct 2013 Environmental factors have been shown to have a significant impact on quality of education. This exploratory study investigates environmental conditions in a case study classroom at a South African secondary school. It undertakes field ... Read more
Assessing sustainability of building materials in developing countries: the sustainable building materials index (SBMI)

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Oct 2014 Measuring sustainability of building materials is complex. Despite this a wide range of different methodologies and systems have been developed. Most of these focus on environmental issues and are based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), or ... Read more
Assessing the built environment’s contribution to sustainable development: the sustainable building assessment tool

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Oct 2011 This paper discusses how the built environment can support sustainable development. It identifies the key characteristics of built environment that can be used to support sustainable development and shows how this can be developed into a set ... Read more
Assessing the sustainability performance of the 2010 FIFA World Cup stadia using the sustainable building assessment tool (SBAT) for stadia

Author: Sebake, Thandi N ; Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Mar 2008 In 2010, South Africa will host Africa’s first Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup. This will require the refurbishment and development of new stadia and an objective in this development is to continue with the ... Read more
Building envelope

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Jan 2009 This chapter describes the way building envelopes can contribute to developing green buildings and sets out some objectives that could be aimed for. It also proposes a number of approaches that can be used to help design green building ... Read more
Climate Change: Implications for South African Building Systems and Components

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Dec 2017 Despite increasing awareness of climate change, there is little evidence of this being addressed in built environments in South Africa. Events such as flooding in Houston, USA, landslides in Free Town, Sierra Leone, and water shortages in La ... Read more
Developing a school infrastructure Performance Indicator System (SIPIS)

Author: Sebake, Thandi N ; Mphutlane, L ; Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Jun 2007 The Thuba Makote (TM) Programme, initiated in 2002 by the Department of Education and managed by the CSIR, was developed to introduce and pilot innovative approaches to school building design, construction and operation in order to address ... Read more
Does the Built Environment Sustainability Tool (BEST) address resilience sufficiently?

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: May 2019 Climate change is already having significant impacts globally. These impacts are experienced most acutely in developing countries where infrastructure and population are often more vulnerable and resources and capacity for mitigation are ... Read more
Does the sustainable building assessment tool address resilience sufficiently?

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: May 2019 Climate change is already having significant impacts globally. These impacts are experienced most acutely in developing countries where infrastructure and population are often more vulnerable and resources and capacity for adaptation are ... Read more
Household expenditure affordability thresholds for housing, water, energy and transport in South African human settlements

Author: Motsatsi, Lorato L ; Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: May 2019 Human settlements and housing are a part of people’s material living conditions and contribute directly to their life choices. Human settlements that are poorly located, constructed and serviced force households to spend a larger proportion ... Read more
Local Content

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Oct 2016 Local content refers to materials and products made in a country as opposed those that are imported. There is an increasing interest in the concept of local content as a means of supporting local economies and providing jobs (Belderbos & ... Read more
Neighbourhood facilities for sustainability

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: 2013 It is increasingly acknowledged that current plans to implement sustainability are not achieving the scale and speed of change required. National built environment strategies to address sustainability tend to focus on large-scale programmes ... Read more
Net-positive water systems for schools in drought-stricken areas

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Dec 2021 In many areas of the world, climate change is leading to higher temperatures and water scarcity. At the same time, rapid urbanisation is increasing the demand for existing water resources. As a result in many drought-stricken areas, water ... Read more
Rainwater harvesting design approaches

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Dec 2022 Different approaches have been developed to design rainwater harvesting systems. However, these have not been widely applied in schools and are not well understood. This paper presents findings from a study in which different rainwater water ... Read more
Rapid identification and evaluation of interventions for improved water performance at South Africa schools

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Dec 2020 Many areas of South Africa experience water shortages and unreliable water supplies. Water and sanitation costs at South African municipalities have been steadily rising in the last 5 years and are particularly high in water-stressed areas ... Read more
School infrastructure performance indicator system (SIPIS)

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T ; Mphutlane, LG Date: May 2007 This paper describes the School Infrastructure Performance Indicator System (SIPIS) project which explores how an indicator system could be developed for school infrastructure in South Africa. It outlines the key challenges faced by the system ... Read more
School water and rainwater use modeller

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Dec 2022 With climate change, schools in hot and dry areas are increasingly experiencing water shortages. This can affect the health of students and teachers, disrupt education and in the worst case, lead to school closures. Rainwater harvesting can ... Read more
Side stepping poor infrastructure: enabling environments in developing countries

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T ; Sebake, S Date: May 2007 The paper applies the concept of inclusive environments to an urban area in South Africa. It shows that urban space is not only used to access facilities but also accommodates a wide range of other activities. The study found that technologies ... Read more

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