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Energy efficient building integrated photovoltaic housing
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Date added: 09/09/2009 |
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An energy efficient building integrated photovoltaic (EE BIPV) house has been built and is being monitored at the University of Fort Hare, Alice campus, South Africa. This is part of an initiative to implement energy efficiency measures and utilize renewable energies in the residential sector. |
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Institutional Barrel Stoves in Northern Uganda
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Date added: 09/09/2009 |
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Twelve Institutional Barrel Stoves were built in Gulu, Uganda, and donated to schools, hospitals and feeding centers. This project was founded by Damon Ogle, the designer of the stove, and was implemented in partnership with Aprovecho Research Center and AIDAfrica |
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Installation of solar water geysers in 520 FLATS and Nobuhle ( M2) hostel
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Date added: 09/09/2009 |
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A sub project of the Alexandra Renewal Project, this study involves a rental housing development in which solar water geysers were installed and a hostel upgrading in which solar geysers were not considered. The cost of the installation in 520 flats was expensive and several lessons were learnt in the process. These lessons could contribute towards a better understanding, by legislators, the energy utility, planners and administrators, of the obstacles to increased uptake of solar water geysers in SA and in particular in low cost urban housing developments. |
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SWH 500 Project CEF/UNDP-GEF, South Africa
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Date added: 02/04/2009 |
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The project oversaw the installation of 500 incentivised Solar Water Heaters in middle to higher income urban households while in parallel standardizing the national SWH quality and testing regime. In addition, the project sought to consolidate a widened distribution and maintenance infrastructure, offer attractive financing options and ensure continued public awareness on both the supply and the demand-side. |
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PetroSA Biogas to Energy Project
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Date added: 05/30/2008 |
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The project is the first independent Power Producer in South Africa to use the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol and is a 4.2 MW biogas to electricity plant located in Mossel Bay at the state-owned gas-to-liquids refinery PetroSA. |
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Lwandle Ten Years on: Solar Water Heaters in municipal Hostel in Cape Town
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Date added: 05/30/2008 |
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A small community of a few hundred poor urban families living in municipal worker’s hostels in Lwandle, Cape Town, South Africa decided they would spend a portion of their once-off housing subsidy in providing warm water through the use of solar water heaters. The community covered some 30% of the price of installation (the rest of the housing subsidy being used to increase privacy and provide water borne sewerage). The remaining 70% was covered through a loan by the municipality which was recouped through an incremental increase in rental. |
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Renewable Energy Solutions for Off-Grid Guest Houses and Farms
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Date added: 03/31/2008 |
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Nollie se Kloof is a guest farm in the Ceres district and is not connected to the national electricity grid. The owner has installed the following renewable electricity solutions: A 1000 W micro hydro turbine, 720 W photo voltaic panels and 1000 W wind turbine. A 36 V battery bank consisting of 19 batteries stores the energy. |
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Kuyasa CDM Project
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Date added: 06/14/2007 |
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The project is a retrofit activity which entails the installation of solar water heaters, ceilings and ceiling insulation and compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) in existing RDP (Reconstruction and Development Programme) houses in Kuyasa, Khayelitsha, Cape Town. |
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Energy Efficiency Accord - Case Study
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Date added: 06/14/2007 |
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The National Energy Efficiency Accord was signed on 4th May 2005 by 31 South African companies and business organisations. The objective of the Accord was to create a voluntary initiative which would permit South African businesses to develop a coherent and effective strategy for meeting the targets set out in the National Energy Efficiency Strategy (NEES) of reducing final energy demand by 15% by 2015. |
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Solar Water Heating Best Practice Case study
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Date added: 06/14/2007 |
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The study was commissioned by the Central Energy Fund to inform the South African public/private sector of global best practice for available SWH technologies, warranty periods, pricing, and standards. |
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Solar Water Pumps - Nambia
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Date added: 06/14/2007 |
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The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia through the Namibian Renewable EnergyProgramme (NAMREP) commissioned a consultancy group (EMCONGROUP) to assess thecurrent status of photovoltaic water pumping (PV) in Namibia and to investigate the feasibility of replacing diesel water pumps with photovoltaic water pumps. |
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Walvis Bay Wind Project
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Date added: 06/13/2007 |
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A utility-scale wind energy converter was connected to the electricity distribution grid of theErongoRED to exploit the wind resources at the coastal town of Walvis Bay, Namibia. This DANIDA unded project constituted the first renewable energy initiative based on wind generation by a Local Authority in Namibia and southern Africa. |
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