Author:Basson, FA; Jammine, E; Heyl, LDate:1984A research and demonstration project on the use and performance of low cost integral solar water heaters in urban low-income dwellings was carried out in 1982/83. The project involved technical and socio-economic components. This report ...Read more
Author:Biermann, SM; Van Ryneveld, MDate:Jul 2007This finding suggests the need for a range of different housing typologies, with 'higher cost / higher potential benefit' housing typologies on scarce well-located land allocated to those with the best chance of exploiting those potential ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Jan 2013In its experimental work on research and development of innovative technologies for low income housing on the Innovation Site on the CSIR campus in Pretoria, the Building Science and Technology (BST) competence area identified a number of ...Read more
Author:Biermann, SMDate:Dec 2006To keep pace with increasing urbanisation pressures and a substantial inherited backlog, subsidised low-income housing and services have predominantly been provided on the peripheries of South African cities where land is cheaper and more ...Read more