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Some of the key deliverables are:
• Measuring our carbon footprint through
the monitoring of electricity and fuel use;
minimising travel and reducing waste
and carbon emissions (there is no
carbon trading legislation in South
Africa as yet). Reducing our electricity
bill through the installation of meters at
key sites, a possible return to using more
solar power and the installation of wind
chargers.
• Participation in national and
international climate change awareness
programmes.
• Employee behavioural change awareness
programmes.
• Computerised destination control
elevator system in our high rise
buildings.
Bats
We are currently managing a bat encroachment concern in a
remote exchange building in Mpumalanga. A colony of free tailed
bats is roosting and raising its young in the ceiling, which creates
an unhealthy environment for our technicians performing routine
maintenance work. We are allowing the young to mature and will
then install a one-way excluder exit. This will allow the mature
adults and young to leave but not return. The final phase of the
project will be the erection of a bat house on the site to provide
an artificial roosting site for the colony.
Blue cranes
We are delighted to announce that since the installation of
‘flappers’ on our lines in the central region, no blue crane
mortalities have been recorded.
Raptors
As part of our commitment to active environmental stakeholder
engagement with both governmental and non-governmental
organisations we attended various meetings around the country.
One of these is the annual meeting of the Northern Cape Raptor
Forum (NCRF). At the last meeting issues relating to the nesting
habits of sociable weavers on our towers were raised, specifically
the environmental impact the removal of these nests would have on
the survival of the Pygmy Falcons which prey on the weavers.
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• Improved functional efficiency of
underfloor cooling requirements in
equipment rooms.
• The implementation of the Green
building concept in partnership with our
facility management company; and
• Installation of motion sensor light
switches and upgrade of existing
lighting technology with more efficient
technology.
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