+IMPACT MAGAZINE ISSUE 18

DID YOU KNOW:
It is now law that certain
buildings need to display
this guy
Let’s help you by helping
your client to comply!
Skills Programme
Young electricians enter
a career path in the green economy
A skills programme to open new career prospects for young unemployed electricians into
the green skills economy, whilst assisting government to reach its Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), was completed this month. A cohort of fifty electricians and two colleges
that graduate electricians took part in a skills development programme which was aligned
with the Regulation for the Mandatory Display and Submission of Energy Performance
Certificates (EPCs) which was Gazetted for implementation by 7 December 2022.
IEPA
WHAT IS AN EPC?
An Energy Performance
C e r t i c a t e ( E P C ) i s a
certicate that indicates the
energy performance of a
building.
It also shows:
• w h a t p o t e n t i a l t h e
b u i l d i n g h a s o f
becoming more energy
efcient
• how energy efciently
the building is used
Building categories that must
comply :
• ofces,
• entertainment facilities,
• educational institution
buildings, and
• p l a c e s o f p u b l i c
a s s e m b l y s u c h a s
sporting facilities and
community centres.
WHAT HAPPENS IF
I DON’T COMPLY
It is law now - as published in
t h e r e g u l a t i o n f o r t h e
mandatory display and
submission of EPCs for
b u i l d i n g s - a s p e r
G o v e r n m e n t G a z e t t e ,
Notice 700 of 2020.
According to the National
Energy Act (No. 34 2008)
penalties for contravening
the Act - in which the EPC
regulations are derived from
- may incur a penalty of up
t o R 5 m i l l i o n a n d / o r
imprisonment for a period
not exceeding 5 years, if
convicted.
EPC deadline is 7
December 2022
NEED HELP?
WE GOT A SOLUTION
We have EPC Practitioners
who completed a QCTO
Skills Programme that can
assist you.
How can they help you?
• Check if your building
needs an EPC
• Collect your building
data
What happens thereafter?
You get a SANAS accredited
Inspection Body in to:
• Verify the information
collected by the EPC
Practitioner
• Issue your building EPC
DOES YOUR CLIENT’S BUILDING HAVE AN ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE (EPC) YET?
www.sanedi.org.za | 011 038 4320
One of the most recent regulations towards a
sustainable future passed by the Department
of Minerals Resources and Energy (DMRE) for
implementation by 7 December 2022 affects
building owners in the categories of offices, entertainment
and public assembly, places of instruction, and theatrical
and indoor sports facilities. The sizes of buildings in the
categories that must comply include privately-owned
buildings of 2,000m 2 net floor area or larger, and for
buildings operated, owned, or occupied by an organ of
state of 1,000m 2 net floor area or larger.
South Africa’s Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) are as much about
development and transformation as
they are about the restoration of the
dignity of people around the world,
more so in South Africa with its history
of deprivation and exclusion of the
majority of its people.” – in the Minister
Mthembu, 2019 SDG Report
Keeping in pace with the words of Minister Mtembu in
the 2019 SDG Report, this skills programme opened an
entry-level opportunity in the energy auditing and energy
management industry for young unemployed electricians,
who have basic requirements to start their journey towards
contributing to the green economy in South Africa.
The fifty students, together with eleven lecturers from
colleges in Gauteng and Ekurhuleni, as well as in partnership
with the College of Cape Town Pinelands Campus, and
Ekurhuleni East TVET College in Springs, took part in the
training and practical sessions, and continued to put their
knowledge into practice by collecting and measuring data
from over 45 buildings to complete their work experience.
The programme was developed by the Institute of Energy
Professionals Africa (IEPA) and the South African National
Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). The programme
was co-funded by SANEDI and GIZ Skills Development
College of Cape
Town students
celebrating writing
their final Energy
Performance
Certificate exam
earlier this month.
for a Green Economy ll (SD4GE II) programme, a German
Technical Cooperation Programme implemented on behalf
of the Department of Higher Education and Training
(DHET) and the Department of Mineral Resources and
Energy (DMRE).
Working to shape a future worth living around the
world is the aim of the Deutsche Gesellschaft Deutsche
Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeig GmbH
(GIZ), an organisation that implements world-wide
programmes on behalf of the German Federal Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The EPC Practitioner Skills Programme is a partnership between SANEDI and IEPA; and supported by DMRE, EWSETA, GIZ, BMZ and DHET.
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