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Chris Geary

Power-Star meters have been installed and in use at the Vineyard Hotel for over four years. As the hotel has a clear vision for energy efficiency and strives to be environmentally conscious (of which more can be read here), accurate utility measurement allows the Vineyard Hotel to monitor not only their consumption but ways in which[…]

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Power-Star ran an energy management program at the prestigious One and Only Hotel in Cape Town over a period of three months in 2011. Using comprehensive measurement installations we were able to determine several areas of opportunity for savings. The opportunities were brought to the attention of the Maintenance manager, who suggested an intensive structured[…]

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Power-Star approached Sanlam in 2012 with an energy management proposal outlining a process which would allow ambitious electricity saving targets. The idea was to use money saved from behavioural change to fund capital projects to reach the set targets by 2015. The method followed included Power-Star actively reporting on energy metrics, chairing monthly energy forum[…]

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Table mountain is one of the top six tourist attractions around Cape Town. The mountain is truly iconic and is known worldwide. The cable car trip that travels up and down the mountain should at least be done once in one’s life time. The mountain is a world-renowned heritage site with lots of indigenous vegetation. Preserving the[…]

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It is important to verify the bill you receive from your local council. Here we explain how to do bill verification using the Power-Star software. Typically, we expect the Power-Star readings to be within an acceptable range of the Council readings. If not, after verifying the Power-Star readings one of two cases can occur: The council is over-billing – the Power-Star data[…]

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From the beginning, the sun has been personified and worshipped for the light and heat that it provides to the earth. Eventually, the worship of the sun was replaced with a more practical approach. Humans have never known a planet without a sun, when it is cold we all look for a sunny spot. Where[…]

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