Mr. Daniel Kontie, CEO of the African Continental Engineering and Construction Network, has said that Africa’s built environment must be put in a position to transition from the current brown building technology to green building technology.
“Like it or not, the reality is that new trends are changing how the industry operates, from the design stage to the actual construction process, especially now that the entire planet is facing enormous climate change threats from our old industry… actions and inactions that have led us to this global climate crisis,” Kontie added.
Mr. Kontie said this in his welcome speech at the African Continental Engineering and Construction Network Summit held at the De-Icon Conference Grand Arena in East Legon, Accra.
The CEO added that Africans have always argued that Africa’s contribution to the current climate change disaster is insignificant compared to the West, “that is true, but we do not understand that the West significantly created the problem, but the solution is in the hands of Africa. and is the second of the 21st century. industrial revolution that Africa must take advantage of.
Source : Joycelyn Marigold -Africa Home Building Magazine