The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has granted Johannesburg’s power utility, City Power, approval to implement a residential time of use (Tou) tariff system. This will allow the utility to price electricity at different rates during the day to encourage consumption during off-peak hours. This time-differentiated system which was previously made available […]
Southern Africa could reduce electricity consumption by over 35 TWh by transforming its markets to efficient lighting, appliances and equipment. This is equivalent to a 5000 MW saving, enough to electrify 16-million homes in the region. The Demand-side Management Workgroup of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) met in Johannesburg on 19 and 20 February […]
This course will be presented by the IESSA Development Committee at the Cabanga Conference Centre, Johannesburg, on 14 and 15 April 2015, and will earn delegates two CPD points. The course will include the following topics: Lighting for interior spacing (application concept). Lighting economics. Glare. Selection of luminaire type. IP rating. Lighting levels for […]
IESSA will host its eleventh annual congress and AGM in Johannesburg from 17 to 19 May 2015. The IESSA council invites all persons who may be interested in presenting papers at this congress to submit synopses of no longer than one page to either Trevor Milne, trevor@tridonic.co.za or Greg Marcia, photometry1@gmail.com by 2 March 2015. […]
IESSA president Robert Henderson announced that the eleventh IESSA Conference and AGM would take place between 17 and 19 May 2015. He was speaking at a technical meeting of the IESSA Johannesburg branch on 12 February, hosted at the Cabanga Conference Centre. He said the theme of the conference would be “The year of light” […]
MarulaLED specialises in LED lighting technology for general lighting applications. The company has a novel, patent-pending technology developed for thermal management of LEDs, one of the big technical challenges in LED lighting designs. CoolTube eliminates the need for the use of a bulky metal heat sink for cooling of the LEDs, allowing for much more compact, aesthetically-pleasing […]
Schneider Electric has been ranked ninth in the 2015 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (“Global 100”) Index. The index was released by Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media and investment advisory company recently. Companies ranked in the Global 100 index are the top sustainability performers in their respective industrial sectors, selected from 4609 listed […]
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) has recently finalised the New Registration System (NRS) and, as enjoined by section 36 of the EPA, ECSA has decided to embark on a public consultation process in respect of NRS. The NRS documents and annexures are available for public comment on the ECSA website, www.ecsa.co.za or at […]
The domestic use of energy (DUE) conference will take place from 30 March 2015 to 1 April 2015 at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town. Attendance at the conference qualifies for continuous professional development (CPD) points with ECSA for professional registration. The conference will host a workshop on mandatory minimum efficiency […]
The government is in the process of finalising, and will soon introduce, regulations which will introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency performance standards (MEPS) and appliance labelling, both for domestic appliances. The standards and labelling project is aimed at reducing the South African household energy demand. Twelve household appliances have been selected based on their […]
