NCPC-SA News

27th November 2020 The National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) will host a panel at this year’s Manufacturing Indaba on industrial parks, the potential to transform them into eco-industrial parks (EIPs) and leveraging them for accelerated development. This year, the NCPC-SA, United Nations... →

6th November 2020 The South African Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE) project, led by local energy organisation the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA), has won the International Energy Project of the Year. The IEE project was one of 26 project applications, and the award was presented by... →

16th October 2020 Energy and climate change specialist Faith Mkhacwa argues that having an energy efficiency strategy will enable organisations to cut their energy bills by up to 40%, thereby saving money and mitigating climate change Reliable energy supply is essential for accelerating post-Covid-19 economic... →

15th October 2020 South African energy efficiency initiative, the Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE) project has won the highest international accolade for an energy programme – the International Energy Project of the Year, awarded by the global Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). The award was accepted by... →

25th September 2020 The Industrial Symbiosis (IS) programme of the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA), a division of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, will play a significant role in helping the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) meet South Africa’s... →

18th September 2020 In this opinion piece, Barry Bredenkamp stresses that energy efficiency should be the responsibility of every industrial sector, no matter how small it may be. In efforts to boost South Africa’s energy efficiency and reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions, no stone should be left unturned when it... →