ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE BUILDING SECTOR IN BOTSWANA

BACKGROUND

The project ‘Developing Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation in the Building Sector, Botswana’ was established in the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources in 2005 to address the Government policy as stated in NDP 9: 

“… Improving energy efficiency and conservation is cost effective, offers a chance to defer new investment and helps reduce energy related pollution. During NDP 9, Government will continue to support and encourage improved energy efficiency and conservation in all sectors of the economy. Planned measures to achieve the policy objectives are:

• Carrying out information and educational campaigns. 
• Conducting energy audits of energy intensive industries and Government institutions
• Promoting energy efficient design and operation of buildings. 
• Developing and implementing a national energy management plan.”

GUIDELINES

As part of the project, guidelines for energy efficient design of buildings in Botswana have been compiled. The individual chapters can be downloaded below.

• 1_Introduction
• 2_DesignBrief
• 3_Climate
• 4_IndoorEnvironment
• 5_DesignConstruction
• 6_Planning
• 7_BuildingEnvelope
• 8_MechanicalSystems
• 9_Lighting
• 10_OperationAndMaintenance
• 11_Simulation
• 12_LifeCycleCost
• 13_Appendices