GOOD GOVERNANCE AND AWARDS
GREEN BUILDING INITIATIVE
CESA NATIONAL INNOVATION WINNER 2019
The construction of the Municipality’s Solid Waste Management administrative building is the first municipal building in Drakenstein where sustainable green building principles have been implemented. These include energy-efficient lighting and motion sensors, water-saving fixtures, solar hot water geysers, rainwater harvesting and zero-water landscaping.
The Leliefontein Pump-As-Turbine (PAT) Station, deemed the first of its kind in South Africa, was named the CESA (Consulting Engineers South Africa) National Winner 2019. Leliefontein uniquely uses the same set of pumps to pump water and generate electricity by reversing flow through the pumps.
The Leliefontein project is the perfect example of how municipalities can use low-cost, off-the- shelf equipment - such as centrifugal pumps and induction motors - to generate clean power using potential energy in their existing infrastructure.
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