Energy is one of the key issues to be addressed in order to implement sustainability. The EnerKey project, comprising German and South African participants, developed a variety of applications related to sustainable energy.
Within the project consortium participate: University of Johannesburg, IER University of Stuttgart, TÜV Rheinland Group (TIE), Inst. for Future Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT), FhG Building Physics, INEP GmbH, City of Stuttgart, German Chamber of Commerce, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Provinicial Government Gauteng, City of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, City of Tshwane, Eskom, Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA), University of Cape Town, Energy Research Centre (ERC), The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), PEER Africa (Pty) Ltd, Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa (SESSA) and South African Energy Association (SANEA).
The project is sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF) and South Africa's National Energy Research Institute (SANERI).
I would like to thank the participants of the film: Mr. Vincent Molapo, Ms. Nwamaka Nnodu, Ms. Beverley Terry, Mr. David Kimemia, Prof. Harold Annegarn from the University of Johannesburg, Mr. Joe Baleka CEO, TEPRASM & Mr. Timon Wehnert, Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment, Berlin, for his scientific advice.
Millions of people around the world have been glued to TV sets these past couple of weeks following the soccer World Cup. For audiences in host-nation South Africa, the most common venue is their home. Low-cost housing has boomed since the end of apartheid – thanks to social housing programmes – unfortunately many constructions have been of poor quality. They're causing health and environmental hazards, which are affecting the nation's poorest, hardest. A partnership programme between Germans and South Africans aims to changes this. It's called EnerKey.
Die WM 2010 brachte Südafrika einen Bauboom. Nicht den Ersten, den seit 1994 werden Sozialbauten für jeden "Armen" gebaut. So schnell, dass Umweltstandards keine Rolle spielen. Das Projekt EnerKey will das ändern.
