Best Policy Practices

Best Policy Practices
Energy and Climate Change Strategy
City of Cape Town, South Africa
A comprehensive urban strategy is being
developed and implemented by an
African city.
The Strategy of the City of Cape Town is the first of its kind on
the African continent. It is based on a comprehensive State of
Energy assessment. The ongoing project, which was initiated
2003, has the political support of the City Council and the
Mayoral Committee, and is implemented in cooperation with
Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA).
Among the objectives of the strategy are diversification
of the energy mix, mitigation of the impacts of global warming,
and maximising the role of energy in the socio-economic
development and environmental sustainability of the City. A
set of visions includes access to appropriate, affordable, safe
and healthy energy services, efficient and equitable transport
systems based on public transport and compact planning, and
energy supporting economic competitiveness and increasing
employment.
These visions have significant implications for the built
environment and are measured against a set of targets, such
as having 10% households installed with solar water heaters
and all city-owned housing installed with compact Fluorescent
Light bulbs (CFLs) by 2010, and all existing houses to be
retrofitted with insulated ceilings and 90% of the households
to use CFLs by 2020. The electricity consumption of the municipality
is be reduced by 5% by 2010. The target for renewable
energy supply is 10% by 2020, and reduction target for
CO-emissions by 2010 from 2005 levels is 10%.
Links:
www.sustainable.org.za/downloads/reports-documents.html#reportscapetown
www.capetown.gov.za/wcmstemplates/ERM.aspx?clusid=465&catparent=631
9&IDpathString=6239-6319
www.capetown.gov.za/wcmstemplates/Electricity.aspx?clusid=458&catparent
=6003&IDpathString=5992-6003
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