Mall of the North’s commitment to energy efficiency, sustainability and the implementation of green strategies are evident in the 75 000sqm malls design, construction and future operational practises.
“As a developer, it is crucial to ensure that our future brick and mortar assets are environmentally responsible and as energy [...]
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FNB Housing Finance CEO Marius Marais says the South African housing market needs a new energy efficient housing technology to provide between 600 000 and one-million units. Government has set a target of providing 600 000 houses for middle-income families by 2014.
A ten-house pilot project in Cosmo City, [...]
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New building codes that state that at least 50% of water heating requirements in all new buildings must be met by either heat pumps or solar geysers will help boost the solar geyser market.
The new codes should be in place within seven weeks, says the department of trade [...]
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Banking giant Nedbank’s insurance division, Nedgroup Insurance, has launched a pilot project allowing its home-owner clients to install solar geysers as replacements when existing geysers burst or malfunction. Nedgroup said the project would assist its clients in reducing their electricity consumption and thus their household running costs, while also easing the [...]
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to increase the standard of living of people in low-income areas.
THE Department of Energy plans to install about 200 000 solar water heaters on low-income housing units before the end of the financial year in March.
The service providers for the project were approved in July, Ompi Aphane, deputy director general for [...]
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By BRENDAN PEACOCK
The age of cheap electricity in South Africa is at an end. It may pay to consider alternative and renewable energy sources – or to invest in methods of increasing energy efficiency.
Unfortunately, there are several factors working against an easy transition from the Eskom grid to your own little [...]
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