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REEEP MUNICIPALITY WATER PROJECT

Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production (RECP) and A number of municipalities across South Africa showed a
Energy Management 101 training for municipalities: keen interest in the training which was attended by technical
managers and experts working in municipal water, sanitation
An initiative from the Climate Change, Clean Energy and and energy departments from Elundini Local Municipality
Urban Water in Africa Project. (Eastern Cape); Ilembe District Municipality (KwaZulu-

This quarter, the Climate Change, Clean Energy, and Urban Natal); Bushbuckridge Municipality (Mpumalanga); Thabo
Water in Africa project offered the Resource Efficiency and Mofutsanyana Municipality (Free State); Polokwane Local
Cleaner Production (RECP) and Energy Management 101 Municipality (Limpopo); City of Tshwane Metropolitan and
training to interested municipalities, making a difference to City of Ekhurhuleni Metropolitan (Gauteng)
those involved. The training was held in Midrand over four days starting
The project is a 2.5-year project funded by the EU, with with RECP End User training from 30 – 31 July 2018 and
UNIDO as Implementation Partner and REEEP (the Energy Management 101 from 1-2 August 2018 where
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership) as critical and key learnings of municipal energy efficiency
Execution Partner. The initiative promotes the market- were acquired.
based deployment of energy efficiency measures and clean
energy technologies and services in municipal waterworks,
commencing with pilot demonstration projects in South
Africa. The two pilot municipalities engaged in the project
include Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and !Kheis Local
Municipality.
Water and wastewater systems form the core infrastructure
that underpins delivery of water and sanitation services
in cities. Water and wastewater plants are also among
the largest consumers of electricity in municipalities with
equipment running 24 hours a day therefore generating Ms Jabulile Kgomo and Mr Tshilidzi Mulaudzi of City of Ekhurhuleni
substantial greenhouse gas emissions. Metropolitan, attending the first day of the RECP End User
training.
One of the objectives of the Project is to link existing
capacity building activities to increase the capacity of
municipal staff to identify, source and manage appropriate
cleaner energy and energy efficiency interventions to
reduce GHG impacts and foster service delivery.

Training was hosted by the National Cleaner Production
Centre (NCPC) and was prepared for interested South
African municipal officials involved in municipal energy
and water departments respectively. RECP and Energy
Management 101 is critical to make project learnings and Mr Chule Qalase of NCPC conducting the RECP End User training
technical training accessible to the broader municipal for the municipal officials.
stakeholder group.
The training courses were provided free of charge,
courtesy of the project where the goal of the RECP course
was to equip municipal technical managers and staff to
implement RECP methodologies, and therefore to assist
their municipalities to reduce energy usage and electricity
costs. The Energy Management 101 was to provide
participants with the knowledge and tools to perform
energy calculations and performance measurements in
energy systems.

Mr Farai Mambwere of NCPC conducting the final session of the
RECP End User training.

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