South Africa has several sustainable green buildings designed on world class green building standards as laid down by the World Green Building Council, and Eric Noir, who heads up GREEN by DESIGN, was involved in most if not all of these. A leading example is the BP head office at the V&A Waterfront, in Cape Town.
WSP Group Africa CEO Andrew Mather says, “This acquisition is part and parcel of WSP’s global strategy of commitment to sustainability, which is one of our core values. As a company, we are passionate about sustainable design and this is a further step towards becoming recognized as leaders in this field. Noir is regarded as one of South Africa’s leading architects in the green building arena and we are pleased to welcome him to WSP.”
The GREEN by DESIGN team, which will be henceforth known as GREEN by DESIGN powered by WSP, will join WSP Energy Africa and will be working closely with WSP’s engineering teams to deliver sustainable design solutions to all of the global engineering firm’s clients.