What if you as a consumer could gain greater insight into how and when you use electricity? The smart metering revolution is here, no longer are consumers left powerless to monthly bills that are inaccurate or estimated. A smart meter is to your old municipal meter what a typewriter is to your laptop. It is connected to your incoming supply and wirelessly sends the energy … [Read more...]
What can the energy boys do for your company?
South Africa has a very unique and complicated energy market. Traditionally, energy was very cheap in SA, leading people and companies to be wasteful. The cheaper energy is, the cheaper an energy efficiency intervention needs to be to make financial sense to a business. So, when South Africa started experiencing its first rolling blackouts and the rise in energy prices, many … [Read more...]
Steps and incentives to energy saving
In the current energy landscape in South Africa everybody agrees on the need to consume and waste less energy. But how? Many tips to saving are free and involve simple behavioural changes; such as switching off lights which aren't in use, turning off your geysers when you go away for the weekend or switching off your TV or any other electrical appliances at the wall rather … [Read more...]
Say hallo to young energy players
A group of companies of young inspired South Africans determined to make a difference have entered the energy stage to help both industry and government - and soon homes too - save energy, money, carbon and water. Towards the end of 2008 our country was gripped by load shedding and rolling blackouts. Eskom released public statements to explain that the country was in the … [Read more...]
