The Solar Water Heater Advancement Programme aims
to encourage and facilitate the adoption of solar water heaters
in Cape Town.

A goal of the Energy and Climate Change Strategy adopted by
the City of Cape Town is to have 10% of all households and
10% of all City-owned housing equipped with solar water heaters
(SWHs) by the year 2010. To achieve this target the City is
engaging in a number of initiatives:
- A Solar Water Heater By-law;
- A subsidisation scheme, using funding obtained from a number
of sources to assist staff members with an income below a certain
level to afford the fitting of a SWH in their home
- Co-operation with the Central Energy Fund (CEF) in their SWH
subsidy scheme for City of Cape Town staff members with salaries
in excess of the abovementioned limit
- A project to fit SWHs to the City’s nature reserve facilities

Achievements

• A draft by-law has been prepared and will be introduced to the
  public for comment and input before finalisation and submission to
  Council
• The information and volunteer processes for the SWH subsidy
  schemes is being finalised
• Retrofitting of SWHs at the City’s nature reserve facilities
  has begun

For further information, contact:

Tel: +27 (0)21 487 2319
Fax: +27 (0)21 487 2578
E-mail: enviro@capetown.gov.za

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