The Developer's Digest, Jan - Mar 2018 Issue

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Sustainability Needs To Be Scaled
From A Neighbourhood Level
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At the moment, some neighbourhoods in major cities in Kenya have already outlived their builders. The
builders are no longer there to witness the inefficiencies and inequalities their developments have left in their
wake and the fertile grounds for avarice and corruption they created within the land development ecosystem.
In conclusion, it is time that developers start to integrate performance-based frameworks like Green Star
Communities to build resilience and sustainability in their neighbourhood-scale projects because that will be
a key driver to strong sales. After the recent desertification warnings, property buyers will want to know tree
cover ratio vis-à-vis a development, sustainability and other green infrastructure features before investing in
certain properties. The investing public no longer want to buy into a neighbourhood development that will,
in less than 15 years, end up like the Buruburus and Woodley estates that were the glamour estates of the
early 1980s.
The writer, John Kabuye Kalungi is a Building Surveyor
and sustainability consultant at BESIC Group ltd. He
is also the Vice Chairperson & Head of Advocacy
Committee at the Kenya Green Building Society.
Towards Real Estate Development that is Value Driven, Sustainable and Socially Responsible
Towards Real Estate Development that is Value Driven, Sustainable and Socially Responsible