ENERGY EFFICIENCY FORUM
for Commercial Buildings
Official launch on 21st October 2009
Summary of survey at 3rd Sept workshop
Most work with multiple buildings, most multi-tenanted
98% rated previous workshop overall good or excellent
Most useful aspects:
Practical knowledge sharing within industry & networking
Updates on policy/ legislation
Learning about range of saving measures possible
78% interested in an ongoing Forum
Future topics:
Policy/ legislation e.g. the national PCP/ECS
Ratings and saving methodologies
Design & retrofitting
Cogeneration and renewable energy options
Reducing carbon footprints
Multi-tenanted context e.g. incentives for landlords
EE Accord – basic agreement
Agree to:
Set an internal target (over time)
Commit to taking action to achieve the target
Share (anonymous) information about progress
EE Accord – issues to discuss
Could be overtaken ECS, but valuable start anyway
Sets internal direction & helps fill measurement vacuum
Individual or collective targets
Implementation journey shared through Forum
Anonymous database of information collected – with help
from NBI current/ adapted system?
What gets shared with who, when e.g. aggregated results
annually reported
Small task group to produce a simple agreement which we
can take forward? Volunteers?
Future topics
November 23rd 2009- next Forum meeting:
Final rules of PCP/ERC
Green Building Council & Arup’s new guidelines for retrofitting/
refurbishments (survival strategies for buildings)
Rob Kane, Vunani Properties – 14 Loop Street refurbishment
Marketplaces for goods and services
Tax credit systems – DTI and DoE
Green leasing toolkit from USA
City of Cape Town Green Building Guidelines
Summit TV power saving series
More case studies e.g. Santam, Netcare
Focus on specific technologies/ intervention areas
REFIT plans and renewable energy options
Cement & Concrete Inst carbon footprint research
Resources
Where to find EE product & service suppliers:
Accredited ESCOs : www.eskom.co.za/dsm
www.ecospecifier.co.za
www.greenbuilding.co.za
www.saee.org.za
Retrofitting guidelines from DME (now DoE)
Green Building Council of SA- www.gbcsa.org.za.
SA National Energy Association - www.sanea.org.za
Hospitality & conference industry greening initiatives
FEDHASA seminars & Imvelo awards (responsible tourism)
Green Stay programme – www.sustainable.org.za
Events Greening Forum launched 19th October 2009
Publications e.g. Urban Green File (published by Brook Patrick)
Policy- www.capetown.gov.za
www.capetowngreenmap.co.za
Financial & other support
Eskom subsidies/co-funding for motors, solar water heaters
Proposed tax credits from DoE and DTI
Financing options available e.g. shared savings or
performance contracts
Eskom’s audit/ advisory service
Indalo Yetho youth being trained as auditors
Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (REFIT) for small scale
power still being decided on at national level. National
standard being worked on for connections to grid. City has
asked NERSA about interim response and has work group.
Potential sponsorship for this Forum
Forthcoming events & training
Green Building Council of SA – exhibition is free of charge to the
public on Friday 23rd October from 14h00-17h00.
SA Assoc for Energy Efficiency annual convention 12-13th Nov
in Jhb. See: www.saee.org.za. Certified courses e.g. Building
Manager Energy Management training course & Energy Auditor
Intro to Sustainable Facilities Services -27-28th Oct, 9-10th Nov
and 10-11th Dec 09. Contact Zaeemah Robinson: www.ecofacilties.co.za
World leaders negotiate climate change in Copenhagen,
Denmark in Dec 09. Ahead of this, international business
leaders have endorsed/ signed:
www.copenhagencommunique.com.
Children’s voice at www.considerus.org.
Thank you
Sea level rise risk report 2008
Within the next 25 years there is an 85% probability
of 60.9 km² (2% of Metro area) being covered by
sea for a short period.
Expected loss of real estate value of this would be
just under R20 billion.
The risk is significant and will increase over next 25
years even if we reduce greenhouse gas levels
into the future
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