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Cape Argus reports that the SA National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi) and the Institute of Energy Professionals Africa (IEPA) have launched a new training initiative in which 50 young and mostly unemployed electricians will be trained to help make thousands of buildings in SA more energy efficient.
The young electricians will soon begin the three-month EPC Practitioner Skills Programme enabling them, with the energy usage data required, to issue Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and give buildings a rating based on the amount of energy consumed per square metre. Sanedi renewable energy manager Karen Surridge said owners of buildings such as office facilities, educational institutions, sporting facilities and community centres were required to obtain and prominently display an EPC by 7 December this year. If building owners did not comply, they would face a fine of R5 million or five years’ imprisonment. Surridge said EPCs were issued by companies accredited by the SA National Accreditation System (Sanas), but many more energy companies employing thousands of people with EPC skills would be required to obtain energy usage data on the thousands of buildings covered by these regulations. “The EPC Practitioner Skills Programme has the potential to create many thousands of jobs. The programme is particularly welcome for qualified young electricians unable to find work,” Surridge stated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kristin Engel at Cape Argus
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