Contract No: R031200542
CoCT Electricity Customer Eskom EEDSM
Programme Opportunity Screening
Project Consultant: Carbon & Energy Africa
CoCT Project Manager: Sarah Ward/Hilton Trollip
Overview
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Project Objectives
Methodology
Identified Electricity Customers
Energy Efficiency Opportunities
CoCT Energy Efficiency Goals
Eskom IDM Funding Action Plans
Conclusions
Proposed Way Forward
Overall City Electricity Usage
Project Objectives
 Desktop research on CoCT electricity customers and screening
for major focus entities
 Identifying significant CoCT customer electricity efficiency
improvement opportunities
 Advising main CoCT electricity customers on Eskom EEDSM
programmes
 Estimating the potential savings and likely Integrated Demand
Management (IDM) opportunities
 Reporting on customer action plans to access Eskom IDM
programme funding
Methodology (1)
 Email correspondence with CoCT large electricity customers
database as well as the Energy Efficiency Forum database
 Awareness raising via radio interviews with Heart FM and Cape
Talk, and newspaper articles in the Cape Times and Die Burger
 Two-page document providing a detailed list of (i) no cost
measures, (ii) low cost measures, and (iii) high cost measures for
electricity savings
 Describing the processes involved in accessing funding
(Standard Product, Aggregated Standard Product and Standard
Offer Programmes)
 Report outlines which customers engaged commenced with
applications for energy efficiency project funding from Eskom
Methodology (2) - Technologies
 Efficient lighting (higher lumens/watt)
 Lighting control gear changes
 Use of heat pumps and solar water heaters instead of electrical
elements for heating requirements at temperatures of 60°C.
 Motor replacement with high efficiency motors
 Use of variable speed drives
 Cogged V-belt retrofit of belt driven motors
 Refrigeration compressor efficiency improvements
Identified Electricity Customers (1)
Customer
Arcus Facilities
Atlantic Laundry
Bevcan (Epping)
Brancroft
Capensis Investments (IWT Group)
Century City
Clothing Warehouse
Communicare
Crown National
Elsenberg Department of Agriculture
Dongola Guest House
DynaDeals
EuroCape
Granite Group
GrowthPoint Properties
Irvin and Johnson (I & J)
Inframax
IPIC Group
Leisure Kitchens
Levi Straus (Sacks Circle, Epping)
Lohr's Auto
Longstreet Backpackers
Mainstream
Media 24
Applicability
Yes
Yes
No (Industrial)
Yes
No (Industrial)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No (not CoCT)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No (Industrial)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focus Commercial Building
Clock Tower Precinct
Salt River
N/a
Arden Grove Business Park, Milnerton
N/a
1 Park Lane
7 Benbow Ave
Communicare Buiding, Cape Town
Various
N/a
Tokai
Shopping Centre (Bellville)
85 St. Georges Mall, Cape Town
State House, Cape Town
Various
Paarden Eiland (Industrial)
Sunrise Park, Sunrise Circle, Ndabeni
Aurora Centre, Durbanville
76 Denton Rd, Parow
N/a
1A Assagaai Rd, Parow Industria
Cape Town
Mariendahl House, Claremont
Naspers, CBD
Identified Electricity Customers (2)
Customer
Old Mutual
Old Mutual Properties
Omnicron Investments
Park Inn
Property Exponents
Radio Holland
Redefine Properties
Reonet
Retirement Hotel
Seapoint Flats
Shopping Centre
Swish Properties
Transnet
University of the Western Cape (UWC)
Venus GP Holding
Vineyard Hotel
Woolworths Real Estate
Applicability
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No (Product
Supplier)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focus Commercial Building
Pinelands
Pinelands
Bellville
29 Heerengracht Street, Cape Town
Mutual Heights, Darling St
16 Paarden Eiland Rd
42 Hans Strydom Avenue, Cape Town
N/a
Wynberg and Muizenberg
281 Beach Rd, Pavillion Place
Bergvliet
Belvedere Office Park
Transnet Building, 1 Adderley Street
Modderdam Rd, Bellville
28 Sir Lowry Rd
Newlands
Various
Energy Efficiency Opportunities
Potential Electricity Savings (kWh/year)
120 000
100 000
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000
0
Energy Efficiency Opportunities
Table 3: Potential electricity savings from lighting retrofits
Customer Name
Possible kWh Savings
Clothing Warehouse - Epping Facility
93400
DynaDeals - Bellville Shopping Centre
8000
EuroCape - 85 St Georges Mall
49500
IPIC Group - Aurora Shopping Centre
50000
Leisure Kitchens - Parow Facility
500
Lohr's Auto - Parow Facility
3500
Seapoint Flats - Pavillion Place
60300
Transnet - 1 Adderley St Building
36800
Vineyard Hotel - Newlands
108000
Total
410000
Table 4: Potential electricity savings from hot water system retrofits
Customer Name
Brancroft - Arden Grove Park
Possible Annual kWh Savings
12 800
Communicare - Diep River Clinic
31 000
Longstreet Backpackers - Cape Town
35 800
Park Inn – 29 Heerengracht Rd
50 900
Retirement Hotel - Wynberg & Muizenberg
20 500
UWC - Residences
72 600
Total
223 600
City of Cape Town EE Goals (1)
City of Cape Town (2006); “Energy and Climate Change Strategy”
 Energy Vision 3: A City that Uses and Manages Energy in an
Efficient Way
 “Facilitating implementation of national demand side
management (DSM) initiative (driven by Eskom) in the
commercial and industrial sectors”
City of Cape Town EE Goals (2)
Customer category
No.of customers Total kWh/yr used Sample¹ % Reduction²
Commercial – small 1&2
34 337
7 151 481 400³
0.1%
9.3%
Large & very large
3 359
¹ The sample represents the % of commercial properties engaged in the project (36 divided by 37 696)
²The % reduction represents the 633 600 kWh/year possible savings identified in the sample entities as
a function of their total electricity use
³Usage for commercial and industrial sector as reported in “State of Energy and Energy Futures
Report” (City of Cape Town; 2011)
Eskom IDM Funding Action Plans
 2 Entities (Media 24 and Woolworths Real Estate already received
Eskom funding for energy efficiency retrofits)
 3 entities stated that they are aware of the schemes and keeping
them in mind in investment decisions
 2 entities ESCo’s to assist them with applications
 6 entities submitted Standard Product Programme applications to
Eskom and are awaiting approval
 1 entity (UWC) has recently submitted Standard Offer Programme
application with the facilitation of an ESCo
 6 entities have found that even with Eskom funding the retrofit
costs are too high or are the responsibility of tenants
 15 entities are investigating the potential for applying for funding for
retrofits via the Eskom IDM programmes
Eskom has revealed that a total of 17 Standard Product Programme
projects were submitted between April 2012 and June 2012, and
average savings represented by each project amount to 20kW
Conclusions (1)
 Project has met the CoCT goal in providing necessary
marketing around the Eskom IDM programmes to facilitate
implementation
 Project should result in savings of in excess of 600 000
kWh/year by commercial entities once implemented
 Bearing in mind that the scope of this project was a sample of all
commercial buildings the scope for further savings is immense
 The Property Groups engaged are envisaged to roll-out the
opportunities to their other sites
Conclusions (2)
 Anticipated to largely have been empowered to undertake
funding applications to Eskom without assistance
 Where entities deem that they do not have the resources to
complete applications they have been assisted in becoming aware
of the ESCo’s that they may engage for assistance
Proposed Way Forward (1)
 A similar exercise to the work carried out in this project but
incorporating project management of savings measure
implementation (requires a contract of a longer timeframe)
 Extension to cover industrial sector as well (greater scope for
savings in a specific entity)
 Mandatory or funded energy audits to bring about greater action
 Co-operative work with universities to highlight areas of saving
opportunities
Proposed Way Forward (2)
 Investigate feasibility of tax and other incentives
 Establishment of “Energy Advice Centre” in partnership with
organisations with relevant expertise
 Prioritising energy efficiency in sustainability strategies
Overall City Electricity Usage
Government Transport
2%
2%
Industrial
13%
Residential
43%
Commercial
40%
Total Electrical Energy Usage = 13 493 361 100 kWh/year
QUESTIONS
Carbon & Energy Africa (Pty) Ltd
1st Floor Dean Street Arcade, Newlands 7700
Tel: 021 802 32 42/3/4/5; Fax: 086 244 0869
Oliver Stotko (os@carbonenergyafrica.co.za)
Denis van Es (dve@carbonenergyafrica.co.za)
www.carbonenergyafrica.co.za