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Municipalities

Municipalities own a large number of street lights, water treatment plants and buildings. The majority of this infrastructure is old and not energy efficient this makes municipalities an ideal beneficiary of EEPBIP .



Provincial Buildings

Provinces own a large number of buildings under their provincial portfolios. While there are new buildings in almost all the provinces, the majority of these building still tend to consume a lot of energy.



State-Owned Entities

There are over 500 state-owned entities (SOEs), which include a whole range of different infrastructure, with the bulk of these being buildings. SOEs like Eskom and SANRAL also own a large number of public lights, which are very energy inefficient and just like other SOEs, these will benefit tremendously from EEPBIP.

Munipal Wastewater Treatment Plants(WWTP)

Lighting

Pumps and motors

Cogeneration/Combined Heat and Power (CHP)

Smart meters/ Energy Management Systems

Embedded Generation (e.g. Solar PV)


Buildings

Heating, ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system

Lighting

Smart meters/ Energy Management Systems

Renewable/ efficiency water heating

Embedded generation (e.g. Solar PV)

Pumps and motors

Public Lighting

Lighting

Smart meters/ Energy Management Systems

Solar PV systems







Project Preparation Support

EEPBIP can provide technical support to institutions to promote, identify and implement energy efficiency interventions within each of these sub-programmes. The Energy Efficiency Project Support Unit (EEPSU), a service desk that will be hosted under the DEE, will serve as a structure that will support and co-ordinate the implementation of projects under EEPBIP.The EEPSU will:

Provide support to identify and develop bankable energy efficiency projects.

Support the procurement process using an energy performance contracting model, within the prescripts of the applicable finance management and public procurement legislation.

Support institutional capacity building, focusing on energy management, project development and energy performance contracting.

Strengthen institutional energy management policies and support alignment to relevant national policies.

Provide support and guidance to carry out project specific Measurement and Verification (M&V), as well as overarching Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for the programme.

Some Important FAQ's

Common Frequently Asked Questions?

EEPBIP is the country’s flagship programme to promote, identify and support access to finance while implementing Energy Efficiency (EE) measures in public sector organisations (municipalities, provincial government; and State Owned Entities(SOEs). This programme is led by the Department of Energy and Electricity (DEE) with support from various programme partners. Programme partners include the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and National Business Institute (NBI).

• Support with the identification, development and implementation of projects.
• Support the procurement processes using an Energy Performance Contracting (EnPC) model.
• Provide continued capacity building on energy management, energy efficiency, data collection, Measurement and Verification (M&V), financing and procurement.
• Mitigate public sector investment risk and provide technical support.
• Scale up projects that yield financial and environmental benefits for public sector institutions.
• Scale up support for and align with existing EE programmes in the public sector.

EEDSM is a grant-funded programme for municipalities, under the Division of Revenue Act, facilitated by the DEE, to implement energy efficiency opportunities through a capital grant. Many of these projects are small-scale (< R5 million). EEPBIP supports all public sector institutions (municipalities, provinces, national departments and State Owned Entities) to leverage private sector investment for large scale energy efficiency projects (R5 million to R100 million) through an Energy Performance Contract (EnPC) Model, whereby ESCOs will recoup their investments through energy savings .

The ESCOs will raise the total investment (for procurement, installation, project management and maintenance) and recoup the investment from the energy savings through an Energy Performance Contracting model.

Any public institution is eligible to participate in the programme .The ESCOs will raise the total investment (for procurement, installation, project management and maintenance) and recoup the investment from the energy savings through an Energy Performance Contracting model.

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ESCOs can participate as the service providers who will finance and implement the identified projects, either individually or as a consortium. Selection will be through open and transparent procurement processes led by the beneficiary institution.

Technology specifications will be set out in the Scope of Work in the tender, as per the requirements of the institution and may include, but are not limited to lighting, heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC), water heating, pumps and motors, small-scale embedded renewable energy technologies, and load factor correction. Advanced and innovative technologies may be acceptable, provided they offer clear demonstrable benefits as per the requirements and comply with the relevant technical specifications.

Small-scale embedded renewable energy technologies can be implemented through EEPBIP, but only for consumption by the participating institution. This also cannot be for export.

The objective of the project is to contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions in South Africa by catalysing energy efficiency transformation within the public-sector

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