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Satish RoopaExecutive Mayor
City of PotchefstroomSouth Africa
LGS - WSSDJohannesburg
2002
Towards sustainability-Reducing the city of Potchefstroom’s
(South Africa) carbon footprint-examples and lessons learned for
a medium sized African city
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Location City Profile City’s journey towards a more
sustainable future Contributing factors City of Potchefstroom philosophy Environmental challenges Record of delivery
• ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection Programme Improved energy efficiency Reducing the GHG emissions The CCP projects Lessons learnt
Topics of discussion
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Republic of South Africa
North West Province;
120 km south west of Johannesburg
Map
LOCATION
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130KM
JOHANNESBURG
AIRPORT
POTCHEFSTROOM
CITY PROFILECITY PROFILE Population size: ± 230 000
Income profile: 71% of households more than R18 000 per annum (US$1800)
Employment profile: Unemployment 36,6%
Prevalence of poverty: 29% earn less than R18 000 per annum (US$1800)
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The city’s journey towards a more
sustainable future
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CITY OF POTCHEFSTROOM MORE THAN JUST A LEAVY CITY
Tom Street Potchefstroom
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Strong political will and leadership– Political support, empowerment and
leadership Existing capacity and skills base
– Administrative leadership– Technical expertise– Intellectual capacity building and
support from the Centre for Environmental Management
– Use all local expertise to assist in the process – partnerships across many divisions
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
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Institutional support– Short lines of communication
– Absence of silosm and institutional rivalry
– Recognition of the fact that environmental and sustainability are cross cutting
– Capitalization on supporting programmes
Sewage treatment upgrades Waste handling etc
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
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Combination of environmental programmes with
– Entrepreneurial development
– Job creation
– Skills transfer
– i.e links with the critical, political agenda points.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
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Start small and
– Get sustainability issues on the political and administrative agendas
– Demonstrate success rather than
– Be too ambitious and fail
– Eat the elephant piece by piece
– Pick the low hanging fruits first
THE CITY OF POTCHEFSTROOM
PHILOSOPHY
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CHALLENGE Air quality Housing Access to potable
water Hunger Access to energy Access to sanitation Access to waste
management Unemployment Water quality due to
upstream mining
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
CITY’S RESPONSEElectrification
RDP housing
Provision of water
Eco-circles
Electrification
Provision of sanitation
Delivery of services
Mooi River Forum
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CHALLENGE Electrification Provision of housing Eco-circles Provision of sanitation Waste removal services
Poverty alleviation
Sanitary land filling
RECORD OF DELIVERYPROGRESS MADE11 000 new connections
3500 subsidised houses
544 to feed the poor
Main sewerage system but not connected to all households
Weekly removal from all households
Community chest, preference procurement
Rehabilitation and closure of existing land fill sites
New sanitary landfill site
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ICLEI CITIES FOR CLIMATE
PROTECTION PROGRAMME
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Potchefstroom CCP Partners
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Ecological footprint reduction for every Kilowatt/hour saved
inSouth Africa
Element UnitConversion
rate
Water usage Litres 1.21
Coal usage Kilograms 0.49
Ash produced
Grams 130
Ash emittedGrams
0.35
SO2
emissionsGrams
7.95
NOX
emissionsGrams
3.56
CO2
emissionsKilograms
0.85
Source: Eskom, 2000: Environmental Report 2000, Towards Sustainability
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The City of Potchefstroom’s CO2 emission base case: 1995 to
2001 (in Tons) Year Total
Electricity CO2
emissions
Total Petrol CO2 emissions
Total Diesel CO2 emissions
Total CO2 emissions
1995 17 565 594 801 18 960
1996 19 867 602 815 21 284
1997 17 900 667 854 19 421
1998 17 342 687 872 18 901
1999 16 700 669 852 18 221
2000 15 556 679 866 17 101
2001 15 105 686 876 16 667
Total 120 035 4 584 5 936 130 555
Data investigations by Guillaume Nel CEM Calculations with ICLEI Software
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Reducing the city’s contribution to GHG emissions
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Conduct a GHG emissions inventory of current council and community activity and a forecast of GHG emissions growth in the future;
Establish a GHG emissions reduction goal; Develop a local action plan; Implement the local action plan; Monitor and report on the implementation of
the local action plan.
THE CCP MILESTONES
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Potchefstroom CCP-PROJECTS
CCP-project Retrofitting airport Redesigning new
administration wing Investigate energy
efficiency of existing buildings
Investigate energy efficiency of street lighting
Status Phase 1 completed Phase 1 completed
Tentative MOU to be signed with Invirovest of Canada
Retrofitting of some Thoroufares and Mieder Park(suburb)
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Projects (2)
CCP-project Methane recovery
at the water treatment works
Investigate energy efficiency of water treatment works
Planting of trees to sequestrate GHG
Status Fully operational
Phase One completed
Conceptual design-phase completed 4070 Trees have
already been planted
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CO2 and ZAR savings
achieved per year
FACILITYCO2
REDUCTION KG/YEAR
ZAR SAVING/YE
ARAirport runway and taxiway
48 657 12 021.00
Street lights 358 333 89 735.00
Tree planting 12 505.2 -
Methane recovery
8 292 310 -
TOTAL 8 712 174 102 104.00
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Carbon saved may be traded internationally
– Current rate: US$5.00/ton
– Potential revenue for the City of Potchefstroom against demonstrated CO2 savings
US$50 000.00 /year
Trading CarbonTrading Carbon
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Retrofitting the airport Runway and taxiway
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Energy savings: Energy savings: AirportAirport
Retrofitting of:– Runway– Taxiway
– 48 657 kg of CO2
/ year
Donation of a wind turbine– Further CO2
reductions
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REDESIGNING NEW ADMINISTRATION WING
Phase 1: Audit envelope against SAEDES
– Completed– Found to be 80% in
conformance Corrective design action for
remaining 20% completed Phase 2: Audit windows,
lighting and air conditioning design against SAEDES
– In progress Phase 3: Calculation of
GHG savings – Scheduled for December
2002 SAEDES – South African Energy Demand and Efficiency Standard
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INVESTIGATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING
BUILDINGS Four Council facilities
investigated– In association with
EnviroVest –Canada– Public Private
partnership – Current energy bill
ZAR3m/pa– Project cost ZAR2.5-4m.– Projected ZAR energy
bill savings: ZAR 9.5m over 15 years
– No capital cost at to Council
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Methane Recovery
CO2 kg reduction/year:
8 292 310 kg/year Benefits
– Incineration of hazardous sewage screens in stead of land filling
– Replacement of diesel fired incinerator by a methane fired one
– Significant GHG reduction
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Planting Trees
To date: 4070 trees
planted
12 502 kg of CO2
sequestrated per year
Plans to plant another
15 000 trees
Linked to:
– socio-economic
development
– Skills transfer
– Job creation
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Political and senior administrative support are key Build internal capacity to understand the issues and solutions and to drive the initiative Ensure P3 efficiencies Look for partners that can bring expertise or other partners to the table Start with modest proposals and ensure that environmental issues become an acceptable
political agenda point Pick the low hanging fruits first Green House Gas reduction programmes do make financial sense Green House Gas reductions and energy savings excites politicians and administers alike The challenge of sustainability is a journey rather than the outcome of a few programmes
CCP LESSONS LEARNT
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Mother Earth is sick. The source of her illness is an uncaring humanity. We can replace our clothing or change
our diets, but we cannot replace our globe. It is all we have. It is our
people, our planet and our prosperity. We must make a difference.