Solar on pergolas – SolarSaver innovates a solution for Marriott hotels at Melrose Arch
June 27 2024 15:00 SolarSaver has completed a solar installation at the Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch and the African Pride Hotel in the Melrose Arch precinct. Faced with the challenge of limited available roof space for panel installation, SolarSaver collaborated with Melrose Arch developer, The Amdec Group, to find a solution. Robust pergola structures designed to […]
Solar company The Bees brings abundant choice to South Africans
June 21 2024 18:00 Thomas Bergenthuin A new company offering an array of solar energy products and services, called The Bees has launched in Cape Town, bringing the choices which smart South Africans have been desperate for. Founder Thomas Bergenthuin says while numerous people have adopted alternative energy solutions which is helping to change the […]
Equites officially begins wheeling onto the City of Cape Town’s grid to reduce carbon footprint and mitigate load shedding
May 18 2024 10:45 Equites Property Fund Limited has announced that as of May 1 2024, it has officially started to wheel renewable energy, generated by solar PV, onto Cape Town’s grid from its newly established 17 653m² A-grade distribution centre, located in Parow. This initiative falls under the City’s wheeling pilot project. The JSE-listed, […]
Businesses and homes can now sell excess energy from their solar systems
February 12 2024 Cape Town has become the first city in South Africa to let residential households earn cash for power from their solar PV generation systems with Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announcing that the first round of applications is now open until March 8 2024. The initiative forms part of the City’s adopted Energy Strategy […]
Greenovate Awards 2023 property, engineering and proptech winners
December 13 2023 Independent start-up Oelinga has won the first-ever proptech award of the Greenovate Awards, which recognise and reward innovative, sustainable solutions by young talent in the built environment. The University of Cape Town (UCT) won the top prizes in both property and engineering categories at the 2023 Greenovate Awards. Using waste materials for […]
Property Flash’s editor and chief writer, Alistair Anderson wins big at the South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) journalism awards 2023
September 29 2023 Last week Thursday, Alistair Anderson, our founder, editor and chief writer, was awarded Features Writer of the Year by the South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) for 2023. This was part of awards held annually at the conference. Anderson has been a runner-up in this category on multiple occasions and has also […]
Making light of the myriad of solar energy solutions in SA
June 11 2023 Rolling blackouts are causing chaos in South Africans’ lives as we are unable to function properly. Living without reliable access to electricity is primitive. We need electricity to be able to feed ourselves and our children. Many jobs require constant access to the Internet. This critical need for reliable electricity distribution means […]