IESSA Newsletter Dec 2011 

 

The lighting industry of South Africa is represented by the

Illumination Engineering Society of South Africa (IESSA)

 

South African experts on various topics in the lighting technology field serve on the

CIE international committees responsible for the development of  

standards for the different aspects of illumination.  

 

IESSA represents South African internationally and thereby acts as the
National Committee of the CIE (Commition Internationale De L'Eclairage). 

Eighth IESSA Annual Congress and AGM

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The 8th IESSA Annual Congress and AGM will be held at the Cathedral Peak Hotel in the beautiful Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, between 13 and 16 May 2012 and the theme of the congress will be "Light is Life".

 

Registration fees before 31 March 2012. 

Members R3000 per delegate

Non-members R3300 per delegate

 

Registration fees paid after 31 March 2012. 

Members R3300 per delegate

Non-Members R3600 per delegate.

 

A number of hotel rooms have been allocated to IESSA and delegates must book accommodation direct with the Cathedral Peak Hotel.

 

We are considering using buses to transport delegates from Durban and Pretoria/Johannesburg to the Cathedral Peak Hotel, and the cost will be approximately R600 per person return.   


Cape Town delegates may travel to the congress from either Johannesburg or Durban.

 

Please let Sue Swash know per return email (info@iessa.org.za) if you would consider this option so that we can see whether it is feasible. Cathedral 2

 

Accommodation rates on a bed & breakfast basis:
Standard rooms.
R1470 per person single per weekday night
R 915  per person sharing per weekday night

 

Executive rooms.
R1280 per person sharing per weekday night
R2020 per person single per weekday night

 

Presidential suite.
R2085 per person sharing per weekday night
R3230 per person singe per weekday night.

 

Rates include the following:
Accommodation
Breakfast served in main dining room
Tea, coffee and biscuits served twice daily.
Use of sports & leisure facilities (excluding golf, squash, trout fishing, horse rides, putt putt, gym fees, helicopter flips, etc).

 

Please note that KwaZulu-Natal Conservation Services charge a permit fee of R30.00 per person entering their premises. This will be charged to the master account. 
1% Tourism grading levy.

 

For further information on this conference please contact the IESSA PR Committee:

 

Elsie Coetzee                                        Willa Breed

Chairperson                                          Editor

082 802 4753                                          072 578 4392

 

Carrol Beattie                                       Corne Lewis

Media/Sponsorship                               Sponsorship

083 412 0149                                          082 442 8567

 

Colleen Luh                                          Jacqueline Chauke

Exhibition Space/Sponsorship              Sponsorship

082 552 9459                                          083 443 1407

 

Sue Swash                                           Gert Hoffman

Secretary                                              Finance

011 476 4171                                          071 682 8354 IESSA Council 2011 

 

 

The IESSA Council would like to wish you a happy festive season and safe travels.  We wish all of our members a wonderful and prosperous 2012!

Development Committee report

  

Chairperson: Valdi PereiraDevelopment Committee 2011

 

Firstly, I would like to thank all members of the Development Committee for the dedication and hard work that they contributed over the past year. For the last twelve months, it has prepared lighting courses for the Industry with remarkable attendance. We started in 2010 with a RELUX lighting software course held at Eskom's Research and Development facilities at Rocherville with 17 delegates attending. This year we presented the Energy Efficient Lighting Design course attended by 15 delegates; the Introductory Lighting course presented in March was attended by 28 delegates and in June we presented the Lighting School at NMISA's Pretoria facilities. The Durban branch Development Committee presented the Introductory Lighting course, attended by 24 delegates. After all these lighting courses the Development Committee is proud to contribute a R116 500 profit to IESSA.

 

The discontinuation of the correspondence course, which has been in operation for over 20 years, was a difficult decision. To keep the material updated for the number of students that attended the course does not warrant the effort and cost of continual revision.

 

The Development Committee is preparing different lighting courses for the present demand by the industry such as Lighting in Industry, a specialised course in photometry, Dialux Software Lighting Design, Lighting in the Renewable Energy Field and photometry of LEDs. There is a variety of courses being presented such as Exterior Lighting, Shop and Retail and Emergency Lighting.

 

I hope that the Lighting fraternity in South Africa will continue to support IESSA in the development of lighting.

 

Thank you

 

Valdi Pereira

Dear Lighting Friends,

 

Wow, 2011 is almost history. What a year it's been.

 

As most of you are now aware IESSA Cape Town is up and running. A few obstacles needed to be overcome but thanks to the enthusiastic support of many we have everything to look forward to.

 

We have successfully staged the AGM and with it a presentation by Gideon Naudé on the progress made nationally toward the regulation of standards for various LED products.

 
 

In October a presentation and explanation from two hardworking members of the office of the National Regulator for Compulsory Standards helped those attending to a clearer understanding of the requirements of and issues around the Letter of Authority (LoA) as far as lighting products are concerned.

 

The development sub-committee has great plans for 2012 and these will be announced shortly.

 

Several courses are in the pipeline and I am sure they will be well attended as usual.

There is a thirst for knowledge in the lighting field and the great speed of development of solid state lighting means that one cannot stop learning.

 

As lighting technology converges with the digital age we will need to accommodate and educate the new players, many of whom lack lighting knowledge. Those who are serious and willing to learn will survive, many will only create confusion.

Our development and membership focus will be to attract the former to our ranks. It is vital to the future of the lighting industry as it moves deeper into the 21st century to foster the ideals for good quality lighting and all that it really means. The alternative is mediocrity in our lighting environment to the detriment of all.

 

From Cape Town we send season's greetings and wish you all a prosperous and healthy 2012!

 

Greg Segal

Chairperson

Cape Town Branch IESSA

EE Energy Company of the Year

 

Energywise Systems Magnet Electrical Supplies from KwaZulu-Natal received the Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE) Energy Company of the Year Award at a ceremony during the annual SAEE Banquet on 16 November 2011.
 
The banquet, held at Emperor's Palace in Gauteng, marked the opening of the sixth Southern African Energy Efficiency Convention and Exhibition (SAEEC2011). Energywise also received the Best Single Exhibition Stand Award for its display of water and energy saving devices.
 
Together with Magnet Electrical Supplies, Energywise Systems is listed on the Eskom IDM website as the authorised supplier of 16 different energy efficient showerheads. This collaboration, together with a reputation for providing reliable and efficient products to the residential and commercial markets in South Africa, has afforded the team a performance contract with Eskom for the largest showerhead roll-out in the country to date. 

 

End-users are at times exposed to negative experiences with energy inefficient products sold as "green" items. This "greenwashing" has become a common problem, placing the development of the energy efficiency sector at risk. Energywise Systems owner Andrea Barausse identified a need to make tried-and-tested products available to the South African market. He has become well-known for his passion in investigating water and energy saving devices over the past four years and has executed practical experiments in his laboratory to find products that deliver optimal energy and water savings.


This initiative is projected to reduce the demand for energy from the national grid by 330 GWh, or 110 GWh a year.


"With such a contribution to the future sustainability of South Africa's energy supply," said SAEE president Prof. LJ Grobler, "Energywise Systems Magnet Electrical Supplies are worthy winners of the Energy Company of the Year Award."


He stressed the importance of such projects in meeting the country's energy efficiency targets and enhancing the future sustainability of the national grid.


Contact Yolanda de Lange, SAEE, Tel 041 367-1041, delangey@mweb.co.za