With 22% more cars on the roads and a 80% higher petrol price than 5 years ago, the demands and stresses of private transport are growing fast, which has severe implications on individuals, business and the environment. The millions of empty seats on our roads provide a viable solution to congestion, affordable mobility and emissions reduction. SA’s 2nd Carpool Week, 6 – 10 … [Read more...]
Certified Energy Auditor (CEA™) AEE CPC East London
The Certified Energy Auditor (CEA™) is an AEE international qualification programme for persons rendering energy auditing services in industrial plant and buildings, and who are required to perform their tasks in accordance to best practice standards and international norms in all industries from commercial buildings, homes to major industrial plants and mines. It covers the … [Read more...]
Fundamentals to Energy Management Training (FEMT) Johannesburg
The Fundamentals to Energy Management Training (FEMT) provides the basics to be able to understand holistic energy management that encompasses electrical, mechanical and thermal systems. FEMT provides a platform for persons wishing to enter the energy industry, or persons wishing to re-skill themselves in the fundamental basics that make up holistic energy management before … [Read more...]
Liberal Democrats seek to ban ‘unabated’ coal power
Electricity generated from coal in old power plants without carbon capture in the US would be banned in a proposal that will form the centrepiece of the Liberal Democrats' commitment on the environment in its general election manifesto. Ed Davey, the energy and climate change secretary, will announce on Monday that the zero carbon Britain bill will be among five green laws … [Read more...]
Eskom and Sasol use us as pollution filters
How much is a human life worth? How much is our future and that of our children worth? Well, the answer to both is “not too much,” if Eskom and Sasol’s pollution-friendly tactics are anything to go by. Allow me to explain. On paper, South Africa has some pretty decent environmental legislation intended to protect the quality of our air and environment, in the form of the … [Read more...]
SA prepares for world’s largest hydropower project
The Cabinet has approved the treaty on the Grand Inga hydropower project between South Africa and the DRC, paving the way for what could become the largest hydroelectric project in the world, with the potential to power half the continent. Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe made the announcement in Pretoria on Thursday following … [Read more...]
Fundamentals to Energy Management Training (FEMT) East London
The Fundamentals to Energy Management Training (FEMT) provides the basics to be able to understand holistic energy management that encompasses electrical, mechanical and thermal systems. FEMT provides a platform for persons wishing to enter the energy industry, or persons wishing to re-skill themselves in the fundamental basics that make up holistic energy management before … [Read more...]
Certified Energy Auditor (CEA™) AEE CPC Durban
The Certified Energy Auditor (CEA™) is an AEE international qualification programme for persons rendering energy auditing services in industrial plant and buildings, and who are required to perform their tasks in accordance to best practice standards and international norms in all industries from commercial buildings, homes to major industrial plants and mines. It covers the … [Read more...]
Zuma has 30 days to halt fracking process
"We want to see physical steps to halt the fracking process....He is the one that needs to put a stop to it [bearing in mind] the new evidence," CEO Jonathan Deal told reporters in Johannesburg. TKAG and civil rights group Afriforum hand-delivered a letter to Zuma's offices at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Monday. In the letter the groups call for Zuma to investigate … [Read more...]
Fundamentals to Energy Management Training (FEMT) Durban
The Fundamentals to Energy Management Training (FEMT) provides the basics to be able to understand holistic energy management that encompasses electrical, mechanical and thermal systems. FEMT provides a platform for persons wishing to enter the energy industry, or persons wishing to re-skill themselves in the fundamental basics that make up holistic energy management before … [Read more...]
Defy the rules and change the world
“Don’t accept no for an answer. Defy the rules! It’s the only way we’re going to make the change.” This was the opening statement by Prof Gunter Pauli, Blue Economy entrepreneur from Belgium, who was the keynote speaker at the international Student Environmental Network summit hosted by the Stellenbosch University. He has written 20 books, published in 34 languages, … [Read more...]
Getting to grips with the shale gas industry
South Africa’s energy policy is going through a rethink in the highest corridors of power with the government declaring a waning interest in coal, and reconsidering its Integrated Resource Plan focus on nuclear and showing a keen focus on natural gas, including shale gas, and hydropower. The discovery and possible exploration development of shale gas in the Karoo is set to … [Read more...]
Sustainability Week brings lively debate to green issues
Another stellar line-up of conferences, seminars and public lectures took place at this year’s Sustainability Week (17 to 19 June 2014), at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. The Tshwane Green Outreach Programme was launched on Tuesday, 17 June 2014 as Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa (left), Executive Mayor of Tshwane, explained the city’s vision for 2055. … [Read more...]
