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Cool Surfaces Project uses cool coating technology to mitigate climate change and protect South Africa’s fragile electricity grid.

How one project is cooling down thousands of homes

Cool Surfaces Project uses cool coating technology to mitigate climate change and protect South Africa’s fragile electricity grid

Over 4 000 mirrors direct sunlight to a central tower boiler at the Khi One Solar power plant in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. The super-heated steam in the boiler can reach a maximum operating temperature of 530°C.

How sub-Saharan Africa can harness its big electricity opportunities

The region needs to overcome constraints on financing and infrastructure before it can take advantage of its potential

Drilling for water in the Karoo where one major concern from fracking is that groundwater will be affected in the shale gas extraction process.

Groundwater maps could help South Africa prepare for safer fracking

A vulnerability map could help assess the risks associated with fracking and groundwater which around 300 towns depend on in South Africa’s Karoo

Eskom blackouts were good for SA

Energy efficiency programmes have saved more than R1.5-billion in the past five years, dramatically cutting South Africa’s power bill.

Facebook’s new platform transforms switches from traffic lights into traffic cops, making them nearly as intelligent as the computers they connect. (Reuters)

Accidental innovation makes the Internet use less energy

The need to run more efficient servers made Facebook invent a new switch – which lowers their energy use significantly. The whole world profits.

Coelacanth Enviro Club developed guidelines on sustainable and efficient cooking practices that can help all households.

Young designer groups

The Young Designers: Groups Award is for school-goers with a creative idea, programme, design or prototype that tackles the efficient use of energy.

Karebo Systems won the residential category for their rollout programme that saw 180 000 homes receive energy efficient installations.

Residential rollout

The Residential Award is for the application of sound energy efficiency principles in the residential sector for at least 12 months.

Aritia Reyneke’s bio-fuel cooking solution is more affordable than coal or paraffin.

Individual young designers

The Young Designers: Individuals Award is for school-goers with a creative idea, programme, design or prototype for the efficient use of energy.

Energy efficiency comes out tops

For over two decades, the Eskom eta Awards have been recognising and rewarding excellence in energy efficiency.

Industrial progress

The Industrial Award is for outstanding projects and companies in the industrial sector.

Energy efficiency awareness

The Energy Efficiency Awareness award recognises media or communication managers who have made an exceptional effort to promote energy efficiency.

Energy efficiency a priority at ABB

ABB South Africa is committed to high levels of performance in energy efficiency.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Intelligent building design promotes energy efficiency

WSP Group Africa wins the Business Award.

How to save energy in your business

Deciding who is the best at energy efficiency

Here are the eta Awards judges’ credentials.

Tax break on the cards for energy saving companies

The Department of Energy is pondering the possibility of a tax allowance for companies that can prove they have made energy savings.

International Energy Agency brings SA in from the cold

The energy department will sign an agreement with the International Energy Agency on Monday that will help drive energy efficiency in South Africa.

China puts hard target on energy use

China’s plan for the next five years will put a hard target on energy use, capping consumption at four billion tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015.

Barriers to transformation

Barriers to transformation

Using energy more efficiently is the best solution to the triple challenge of increasing the global supply of energy.

Stone-age air conditioning

Property developer Basil Walker’s rock store is a highly innovative and energy-efficient model for cooling systems in modern buildings.

Keeping an eye on the climate

Judges commended the NBI for its successful work in the areas of climate change and the environment