Our ‘Plan of Action’, is guided by the eThekwini Energy Strategy which was adopted by council in January 2010 and the Energy Office is mandated to implement this strategy.

 

This key document that guides all Energy Office projects outlines a number of action plans to guide the Energy Office into the future. Each action plan has a list of activities, responsible agents and timeframes.

 

This includes projects that address standards for residential homes as well as investigation of innovation tariff structures. It also includes uptake of solar water heating which is a major project of the energy office as well as the promotion of energy efficiency in homes.

This theme involves introducing methods of understanding the Municipality’s own energy demands and usage and covers projects that aim to reduces the energy demand placed by the functioning of the Municipality. Buildings energy efficiency is a major project within this theme.

Theme C commits the Energy Office to ensuring that this sector also plays a role in maximising energy efficiency but also covers interventions whereby the sustainable energy economy becomes more productive in the broader Durban economy. The KwaZulu-Natal Sustainable Energy Forum (KSEF) is an important project within this theme as it creates a networking platform for sustainable energy stakeholders in the city.   

The final theme involves sustainable use of energy for transport and covers research projects into the uptake of more sustainable transport means. One main example of this is the electric bike pilot project that the Energy Office has worked together with the eThekwini Transport Authority on.

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