Cool Surfaces Project uses cool coating technology to mitigate climate change and protect South Africa’s fragile electricity grid
The region needs to overcome constraints on financing and infrastructure before it can take advantage of its potential
A vulnerability map could help assess the risks associated with fracking and groundwater which around 300 towns depend on in South Africa’s Karoo
Energy efficiency programmes have saved more than R1.5-billion in the past five years, dramatically cutting South Africa’s power bill.
The need to run more efficient servers made Facebook invent a new switch – which lowers their energy use significantly. The whole world profits.
The Young Designers: Groups Award is for school-goers with a creative idea, programme, design or prototype that tackles the efficient use of energy.
For over two decades, the Eskom eta Awards have been recognising and rewarding excellence in energy efficiency.
The Residential Award is for the application of sound energy efficiency principles in the residential sector for at least 12 months.
The Industrial Award is for outstanding projects and companies in the industrial sector.
The Young Designers: Individuals Award is for school-goers with a creative idea, programme, design or prototype for the efficient use of energy.
The Energy Efficiency Awareness award recognises media or communication managers who have made an exceptional effort to promote energy efficiency.
WSP Group Africa wins the Business Award.
ABB South Africa is committed to high levels of performance in energy efficiency.
Here are the eta Awards judges’ credentials.
Buildings will have to be more energy efficient if they are to meet the new environmental regulations, which came into force in November 2011.
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/ 24 December 2011
<b>Fiona Macleod</b> and <b>Laura Grant</b> explain that energy efficient needn’t cost a fortune.
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/ 16 September 2011
The Department of Energy is pondering the possibility of a tax allowance for companies that can prove they have made energy savings.
The energy department will sign an agreement with the International Energy Agency on Monday that will help drive energy efficiency in South Africa.
China’s plan for the next five years will put a hard target on energy use, capping consumption at four billion tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015.
Using energy more efficiently is the best solution to the triple challenge of increasing the global supply of energy.
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/ 15 October 2009
Property developer Basil Walker’s rock store is a highly innovative and energy-efficient model for cooling systems in modern buildings.
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/ 14 September 2009
Judges commended the NBI for its successful work in the areas of climate change and the environment
Leading economists have predicted energy efficiency will be the make-or-break tactic if South Africa is to cut its emissions.
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/ 12 February 2009
PowerMeter will only work on homes and offices that are equipped with ”smart meters” that detail the time and level of electricity consumption.
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/ 15 October 2008
Eskom may propose legislation to force companies to save energy, a senior manager said on Wednesday.