Able-Energy

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on 8 December 2020 published regulations for the Mandatory Display and Submission of Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) for office buildings.

The regulations require companies with a GLA threshold of +2000m2 office buildings to obtain EPCs before the closing date of 7 December 2025.

The penalties for non-compliance will not exceed R5 million.

Able-Energy can assist your organisation to obtain EPC’s as follows:
 
 
1. Gather, measure and process the energy consumption data of the qualifying office buildings. 
 
 
2. Do the provisional energy audit in relation to the occupancy levels. 
 
 
3. Obtain building plans and occupancy certificates from council in case they are not available.

4. Issue Energy Performance Certificates for the audited buildings with all the required information and enegy carriers data.

Please watch our EPC webinar on this link:

 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DZKZq413Yg&list=LL&index=19
 
 

Thermal storage system for Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning(HVAC) optimisation.

The purpose of the system is to build ice at night when utility rates are cheaper and save this stored energy for later cooling use during the day when utility rates are higher. A thermal storage system saves operating and installed costs while providing improved system efficiency and reliability.

Benefits of the thermal storage system (TSS):

1 Offer significant financial savings in operational expenditure.

2 Ice tanks offer a life cycle of over 40 years. This means they may see 2-3 chiller retrofits without any change.

3 A TSS saves operating and installed costs while providing improved system efficiency and reliability.

4 The TSS may be used simply for demand control or reduction.

5 The TSS may be used for normal commercial building operation a mix of 24/7 or even full 24/7 operation. It all depends on the operational requirements.