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Sustainable Energy Solutions for Local Government - A Practical Guide

This is the third iteration of a practical how-to handbook for local municipalities on the roll-out of sustainable energy measures.

This recently published Guide is the most comprehensive work to date covering a full range of sustainable energy interventions that can be implemented at the local government level. It features the most relevant topics in sustainable energy initiatives, macro developments, governance and legislation which influence the feasibility of such interventions to be brought to fruition. This is the third iteration of a practical how-to handbook for local municipalities on the roll-out of sustainable energy measures and is an upgrade of the "How to Implement Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Options".  It is based on the massive growth of the sector in South Africa, which enlarges substantially on SEA’s original work, drawing on work by SEA, SALGA-GIZ, SACN and is supported also by the USAID SA-LED program.

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Download the manual here (21MB).




MANUAL SECTIONS

1. MUNICIPAL INITIATIVES
  CHAPTERS:  
  Solar Water Heating           
  Energy Efficient Lighting 

  Energy Efficient Buildings    
  Sustainable Transport     
  Energy Efficiency in Municipal Water and Wastewater Works   
  Wastewater biogas to energy 

  Waste to energy: Incineration, gasification and pyrolysis 
  Waste to energy: municipal landfill waste methane gas to energy implementation  
  Wind energy
  Sustainable solar photovoltaic systems
  Small-scale and conduit hydropower
  Household energy access



    





2. MACRO DEVELOPMENTS
  CHAPTERS:
 
Concentrated solar power
 
Ocean Energy
 
Hybrid systems
 
Geothermal energy
 
Smart cities
  Smart grids















3. GOVERNANCE
  CHAPTERS:
  
Municipal mandates
 
Institutionalising sustainable energy and climate change mitigation
 
Processes and finances for implementing municipal projects
 
Green procurement
  Green power purchase agreements