CONTRIBUTORS PETER NOVAK Peter Novak is CEO of Sundolier, Inc.. Peter has worked and lived on three continents delivering B2B solutions to customers globally. He is passionate about assisting architects, designers and owners in their efforts to create high performance buildings. Daylight is essential to human health and wellness and has a substantial impact on business performance while reducing lighting loads and related green house gas emissions. Sundolier® daylights large open spaces (1,000-5,000ft2 (90-465m2)) through a single 2’ (0.6m) diameter roof penetration.
SISA NJIKELANA • Entrepreneur/consultant; Director-Sinakoyoli Consulting; Executive Chairperson Ingwenya; Chairperson-SAIPPA. • Member: 1. Parliament: 2004-2014 2. Portfolio Committees: Energy-Chairperson (2011 to 2014); Member of Rules Committee, Trade&Industry, Health, Parliamentary Group on International Relations; 3. Policy on International Relations Task Team; ICT Focus Group; Chair: Leadership Development Project Steering Committee; GLOBE International – SA Chapter (Deputy Secretary); APRM Socio-Economic Joint Sub-Committee; ANC Constituency Work Support Unit. • Diploma in Applied Social Studies ( Ruskin College, Oxford) • Leadership in Communications Certificate(Rhodes University)
DR. TOBIAS BISCHOF-NIEMZ Dr Tobias Bischof-Niemz is the Centre Manager: Energy at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, where he leads the establishment of an integrated energy research centre and a growing team of scientists and engineers. Before joining the CSIR, he was with South Africa’s electric utility Eskom in the Energy Planning Unit, where he was part of the team that developed the long-term power-capacity expansion plan (Integrated Resource Plan - IRP) for South Africa.
VIVIENNE ROBERTS Vivienne is a mechanical engineer and professional project manager who has worked on some of South Africa’s largest solar PV facilities constructed under the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. She has acted as technical project manager on an owner’s engineer appointment for a 75 MW solar PV project in De Aar, Northern Cape. Vivienne has also previously worked for the City of Cape Town’s Energy and Climate Change unit, focusing on long term energy strategies.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCE HANDBOOK
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