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Hin Wah, our Communications Programme Manager, wrote a lovely piece for the Green Times magazine about our wave turbine installation at the Two Oceans Aquarium. A continuous wave is needed to keep the kelp and other plants in the aquirium alive. Project 90 teamed up with the aquarium to design and build a wave turbine which could create this wave without using electricity. Continue reading
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It seems the whole of Cape Town was affected by the recent load shedding a few weeks ago when Eskom’s coal reserves were soaked by unusually long and heavy rains. Our office didn’t have power for most of the morning, which made me realise how reliant on electricity we all are (and the need for solar panels on our office roof!) But what other options does our country have, which is so heavily reliant on coal? And what can you as an individual do? Robert Fischer gives us some advice and looks at the short and long tem options. Continue reading
Q: I think I use a lot of electricity for my cooking. I like to cook meals, which require long cooking times, like beans, stews and samp. What can I do to save energy?
A: Soaking your dry beans overnight before cooking is one way, but some people complain that this would affect the taste. Another way to save electricity when cooking is to make use of the fantastic Wonderbag! It’s actually a kind of donut-shaped pillow, filled with insulating material. After you’ve brought your beans or stew to boiling, put your pot into the Wonderbag, cover it and wait until food is ready! As simple as that. Read what Nontando writes about her wonderbag
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We’re having a heater debate here at the Project 90 office, as winter slowly approaches. Our office is freezing in winter, and despite dressing warmly (hats, gloves and scarves!) we still have a need for heating. Our office has panel heaters as well as gas heaters and we have been debating which is the most carbon efficient way of heating our office. Does it make sense to use the panel heaters when it means having to leave them on overnight to keep the room warm? I remembered that Gary Fahy wrote an article comparing different types of heating, and have re-posted it here. It makes for interesting reading. Continue reading
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March is energy month here at Project 90 – so I had a look at the energy embedded in the very thing that you are looking at right now – emails. Continue reading
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