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Christy van der Merwe

Christy van der Merwe

Christy van der Merwe is a former contributing editor for Engineering News Online and Mining Weekly Online. She graduated from Rhodes University.

By Christy van der Merwe

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For low-cost homes

Alternative hot-water source for low-income homes

12th November 2010

Much focus has been put on the roll out of solar water heaters to deliver the benefits of hot water to those living in low-income households, however, entrepreneur Quintus Jordaan urges... 


How some energy-savvy South Africans have already taken the grid-free leap

How some energy-savvy South Africans have already taken the grid-free leap

2nd October 2009

Despite South Africa’s plentiful supply of solar irradiation, the cheap cost of coal-fired power, compared with relatively expensive renewable-energy technologies, has meant that the uptake of... 


The newly upgraded Donald Mackay park in Berea

Contractors upgrading Jhb inner city honoured

5th December 2008

The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) on Thursday honoured the contractors responsible for the R171-million upgrade of the previously neglected public areas of Hillbrow, Berea, and Yeoville in... 


Decentralised power could offer some supply-side relief

25th April 2008

Decentralised power, built closer to the demand rather than the power source, could help “bridge the gap” at a time of a power crisis, Group Five Energy MD Willie Zeelie said. Speaking... 


OUTDOOR SENSOR LIGHT
The mechanism makes use infrared sensors, microphonics, which detect sound, and high-frequency signals, which detect changes in a specified area

Occupancy sensor for controlling lights increases energy efficiency

17th August 2007

Lighting accounts for about 30% to 40% of a commercial building�s energy costs, and installation of so-called �intelligent lighting� is one of the fastest ways to increase the energy efficiency and... 


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