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Hyprop Investments Limited
Integrated annual report and consolidated financial statements
2017
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Water efficiency initiatives
The table below highlights ongoing opportunities to manage water more efficiently.
Initiative
Objective
Current activities
Progress
Smart metering
Improve consumption measuring
and monitoring; identify leaks from
unusual ow patterns
Anomalies immediately agged,
limiting risk and consequential loss
Council errors able to be challenged
Bulk check meters installed at
certain sites
Fire system water consumption
Identify leaks and illegal use of
water
Save water and avoid abuse of
infrastructure
South African and Nigerian buildings
monitored
Waterless urinals
Save water
Waterless urinals under test at
Hyprop head office
Waterless urinals installed at
Clearwater Mall
Climate change
We have formally assessed the risks and opportunities presented by climate change as part of our annual submission to CDP and our group risk management
process. Key direct risks include:
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Change in temperature extremes – higher temperatures mean air-conditioning equipment will not cope in peak summer
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Sea-level rise – danger of flooding coastal centres, notably Canal Walk
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Change in rainfall – extreme rainfall can cause more leaks and damage to tenant and Hyprop property.
Environmental sensitivity
Canal Walk and Willowbridge (sold in the review period) are in biodiversity-rich areas.
Canal Walk is part of the greater Century City precinct, in a national wetland conservation area, Intaka Island. Intaka is an award-winning 16-hectare
conservation area, rich in birdlife and indigenous plants. The precinct has an environmental management plan to which Canal Walk adheres: no sewerage,
fertilisers, herbicides or chemicals are discharged into canals that run through the precinct; only biodegradable cleaning products are used for parking decks,
walkways and walls to minimise water pollution. In addition, Hyprop contributes nancially to the environmental management plan.
Clearwater Mall solar project