Efficient and sustainable usage of electricity in South Africa: the role of the tertiary education institutions

Author

Dintchev, O.D. ; Calmeyer, J.E. ; Delport, G.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng, Technikon Northern Gauteng, South Africa

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

59

Abstract

South Africa´s single electricity-generating utility ESKOM is considered to be the powerhouse of Africa. Proper industrial and residential demand-side management (DSM) of electricity usage could improve efficiency and contribute significantly to releasing spare generating capacity. South African tertiary education institutions have started energy-saving activities (the AfriCampus Collaboration) and work on energy conservation on their campuses. The various projects in the Collaboration´s framework programme will result in a direct reduction in institutions´ electricity bills

Keywords

demand side management; energy conservation; power consumption; power utilisation; AfriCampus Collaboration; DSM; South Africa; efficient electricity usage; electricity bills reduction; energy conservation; energy-saving activities; industrial demand-side management; residential demand-side management; spare generating capacity release; sustainable electricity usage; tertiary education institutions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Science and Education Journal

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0963-7346

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/esej:20000201

Filename

843223