Welcome to the Imagine Durban and UNIDO/DIPA Durban Industry Climate Change Partnership Project Business Electricity Saver Competition Page.   

Why Participate?

If your business is keen to make electricity reductions, but you are not sure where to start this competition is a great opportunity for your business to sign up for a structured approach to electricity savings.   Members of the competition team will also try to assist business that sign up for the competition by directing them to useful resources.   You can contact Dorothy Lutchmiah on 031 311 4277 or email imagine@durban.gov.za  

To help you learn more on how to save electricity for your business go to our resources page:

• General resources for all businesses
• Resources for industry
• Resources for commercial office blocks
• Resources for the hospitality industry
• Resources for retail facilities

How does the competition work?

This is a five month long competition which has three stages:

1. November 2009:  Participating businesses will measure their electricity consumption and through that process identify the best interventions the business could make to reduce its electricity use. 
2. December 2009 to February 2010:  Participating businesses will implement their electricity reduction interventions.
3. March 2010:  Participating businesses will measure their electricity consumption to work out the amount of electricity they have saved.

For each stage of the competition participants will complete a simple form summarising the activities of the businesses in the reporting period. To join the competition participants must complete and return the entry form on or before the 31st October 2009.  

• You can download the entry form and rules for the competition here.

You can download the reporting forms here:

• Report One:  To be submitted at the end of November 2009
• Report Two: To be submitted at the end of February 2010
• Report Three: To be submitted at the end of March 2010 

Criteria for Selecting Winners

Winners will be announced in April 2010.  The winning business and four runners up will be selected using the following criteria:

1. Total Kwh of electricity saved in the final month (Mar 2010) of the competition in comparison to the first month (Nov 2009) of electricity use.
2. Total % of electricity saved in the final month of the competition in comparison to the first month of electricity use.
3. Innovation in electricity saving.

Competition Prizes

The winning business will receive the following prizes:

1. R50,000 worth of energy efficiency and renewable energy products sponsored by UNIDO, to be donated to a school within the eThekwini Municipality of the winner’s choice in the name of the winning business.
2. A commemorative certificate
3. Coverage of the electricity efficiency efforts of the winning business in press releases and in a four page supplement on the competition that will be printed in the Metro Ezasegagasini which is distributed through out Durban.

The four runners up business will receive the following prizes:

1. A commemorative certificate
2. Coverage of their electricity efficiency efforts of the winning business in press releases and in a four page supplement on the competition that will be printed in the Metro Ezasegagasini which is distributed through out Durban.

Registration for the competition closes 7th November 2009

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