With less than a month to go, the City is busy fine-tuning the final details for KwaZulu-Natal’s premier greening expo, the Sustainable Living Exhibition (SLE) and Indigenous Plant Fair which takes place from 15 to 17 September at the Durban Exhibition Centre.
Hundreds of exhibitors will be displaying innovative products that promote energy efficiency and renewable energy, waste minimisation, water conservation, food security and greening concepts that can make your home or office eco-friendly while helping you save water and electricity consumption. An exhibition that has proven to be favourite with attendees is Global Solutions, a proudly South African company that provides water and energy saving solutions to both domestic and commercial markets throughout South Africa. The company’s products are designed with a view to saving costs and being environmentally friendly.
Covering a range of solutions from water filtration and purification that can provide clean drinking water from any water source such as rainwater, borehole, tank, reservoir, river to solar driven pumps and household inverters. For people looking for hydroponics solutions, the company has developed a variety of hydroponic systems (growing vegetables and fruit in water) which produces lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries and a range of other fruits and vegetables. These systems use minimal water with no water loss due to evaporation or over irrigation. The hydroponic kits are designed to run on minimal electricity or solar energy and can easily installed in any household, school or hospital. This is just the tip of the greening iceberg, as the exhibition promises to be bigger and better this year, showcasing local engineering and talent at its best.
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) Energy Technology Station has designed an energyDRIVE truck, which is a custom-built truck container. The truck features a solar roof structure and a wind turbine mounting system, a bio-digester, a photovoltaic panel display unit, a solar hot water display unit and other demonstration equipment.
It is being used in national road shows targeting rural schools, technical and vocational education and training colleges and exhibitions in South Africa to inform communities about the benefits and uses of renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency.
Entrance to the exhibition is free and all are welcome.
Picture by: DUT Communication Archives
Article by: eThekwini Weekly Bulletin
