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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



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



Republic of South Africa

North West Province;

120 km south west of Johannesburg

Map

LOCATION



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)



The city’s journey towards a more

sustainable future



CITY OF POTCHEFSTROOM MORE THAN JUST A LEAVY CITY

Tom Street Potchefstroom



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



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




Combination of environmental programmes with

– Entrepreneurial development

– Job creation

– Skills transfer

– i.e links with the critical, political agenda points.




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



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



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



ICLEI CITIES FOR CLIMATE

PROTECTION PROGRAMME



Potchefstroom CCP Partners


BaitsanapeBaitsanapeREDUCTION OF ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT BY IMPROVED

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



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



Reducing the city’s contribution to GHG emissions



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



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)


BaitsanapeBaitsanapePotchefstroom CCP-

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



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



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



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



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



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.

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