Multi-disciplinary approach needed to make SA green

The energy saving industry has entered a new stage, leaving behind the traditional approach of retrofitting buildings and factories. The industry has moved from this traditional approach towards a  multi-disciplinary one which is aimed at reducing energy usage and...

Preserving your standby generator investment

When faced with the potential losses involved in load shedding or general electricity outages because of poorly maintained infrastructure, many businesses in South Africa have made the investment in their own power management solutions. Central to these solutions is...

The hidden costs of buying cheap

Penalties, reputational damage and system failure can rack up massive costs on a sub-standard power installation, warns Clive Maasch, GM at Tank Industries. There is an Afrikaans saying: ‘Goedkoop is duur koop’, which, translates to ‘buying cheap is...

The power to protect your security solution

South African businesses must have sufficient security systems in place in order to protect their staff, their assets, their products and their intellectual property. But, in a country where load shedding is not uncommon and unscheduled power outages occur frequently,...

Enermatics powers up commercial energy supply

Enermatics, a provider of smart metering technology and reseller of power to end users, has established an offering – Enermatics smart metering solutions –  tailored to the requirements of the commercial market. Specifically, the company’s service...

Green means go for Hotel Verde and Datacentrix

Datacentrix has been helping keep the lights on (and off) – literally – at Hotel Verde, South Africa’s greenest hotel and the first hotel in Africa to offer carbon-neutral accommodation and conferencing. Hotel Verde was built to be as sustainable as...