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The energy revolution

South Africa’s energy demands are on the increase, electricity tariffs are skyrocketing and we are running out of our main energy source.

Energy-efficiency at a price

The department of minerals and energy is putting plans in place to increase the energy-efficiency of low-cost housing, but these strategies are likely to increase building expenses for already hard-pressed buyers and contractors.

Energy

Anita Funke

Ancestors of innovation

Appreciating the inherent innovation of organisms formed on earth billions of years ago could hold the key to our engagement with climate change.

Ancestors

Nicola Robins

Switching on to switching off

Creating short term incentives to save energy may be a good way to mitigate global warming Maintaining an inhabitable planet is in our interests over the long term.

Switching

Mpumelelo Ncwadi

Switching on to switching off

Creating short term incentives to save energy may be a good way to mitigate global warming Maintaining an inhabitable planet is in our interests over the long term.

Switching

Mpumelelo Ncwadi

Good green printing

IT's drive towards a greener future is being undermined by printers made of low-quality materials that use high levels of energy and don't last.

Good

Mindshift

Nuclear reactors

Rising concern about climate change is giving proponents of nuclear energy a gap to push their alternative with new vigour.

Nuclear

Heading for more blackouts?

While SA faces a power crisis, energy efficiency is becoming easier to sell. IT vendors are taking advantage of this and one is even using the Central Energy Fund itself as a guinea pig.

Seriously

Mia Andric