Featured Projects

Urban Earth has been commissioned to develop online platforms for Eswatini and Namibia to streamline the application process for Embedded Generation. Both countries are experiencing a rapid increase in the installation of embedded energy generation projects such as Solar PV, and there is a need to simplify the application process. Working with Blue Sky Solutions, a modern web-based interface will be developed to provide a streamlined application process for installers, which also facilitates easy application assessments by utilities.

Urban Earth was contracted by the International Institute of Sustainability Development to participate in a project aimed at strengthening the evidence base on intersectional approaches to climate change adaptation. Urban Earth is supporting the implementation of the project by undertaking a case study exploring how to apply an intersectional approach to an existing climate risk assessment in South Africa.

Urban Earth was contracted by C40 to review the policy documents of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CoT) and to make recommendations for integrating climate action into four of the CoT’s strategic documents. The project involved undertaking a policy stocktake in order to identify four strategic policy documents that were most appropriate for a review, meeting with the relevant departments, undertaking a preliminary review of each of the four documents against the CoT Climate Action Plan, making iterative adjustments to the reviewed documents, and facilitating a validation and sharing of learnings workshop with a broader range of CoT officials.

The purpose of the Municipal Energy Management Support Programme is to support a cohort of thirteen municipalities in South Africa to reduce their internal energy consumption. Urban Earth has developed a range of tools and resources for municipalities in the program to assist them in tracking their internal energy consumption and act on insights from their data.  Urban Earth also facilitates regular capacity-building workshops and online events for participating municipal staff.

Urban Earth, in association with String Communication, developed and executed a range of communication materials on Green Hydrogen in South Africa. The project involved developing a brand for Green Hydrogen South Africa, producing several videos on green hydrogen initiatives in South Africa, and establishing a website for the Green Hydrogen Summit.

Urban Earth was contracted by Sustainable Energy Africa to develop a energy baseline tool for municipalities to track their internal energy consumption. The project also involved facilitating several training courses on the tool.

Urban Earth developed an online training course for homeowners to educate them on how energy is used in the home and what key steps can be taken to reduce energy consumption.

Urban Earth developed a ten module on-line climate emergency training course for eThekwini Municipality in partnership with the C40 finance facility. Urban Earth designed the curriculum for the course and developed the content of the seven email lessons and three online webinars. Urban Earth also piloted the course with 23 municipal officials in eThekwini Municipality. The course was well received by participants and will now be implemented by eThekwini Municipal staff going forward.

Urban Earth was contracted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development as an Adaptation Planning Advisor, responsible for providing technical support to the South African Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in advancing adaptation action in South Africa. Urban Earth’s assisted with the final revision of the National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in response to stakeholder comments, the organisation of a week-long technical climate change training course for provincial and national government officials and the drafting of a Resource Mobilisation Strategy.

Urban Earth was commissioned by the Southern African Bitumen Association to update the Carbon Footprint tool it had previously developed for its members. The purpose of the update was to allow for easy submission of carbon tax calculations as well as to ensure the tool aligns with the latest emission factors required for making greenhouse gas emission calculations. velop an online platform that streamlines the application process for Small-Scale Embedded Generation. Due to the rapid increase in municipalities allowing these installations to be connected to their electricity distribution grids, the manual application process of submitting hard-copy forms has become obsolete. Working with Blue Sky Solutions, a modern web-based interface was to developed to provide a streamlined application process for customers and installers and facilitating easy application assessments by municipal officials.

The Grand Daddy is a boutique hotel situated in the Cape Town City Centre. The Grand Daddy commissioned Urban Earth to assist in identifying and eliminating energy waste in the facilities to reduce total energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Urban Earth installed energy monitoring equipment to monitor the total consumption of the facility in real-time as well as the consumption of key energy using assets on sites. Based on real-time energy data, Urban Earth has identified numerous energy-saving opportunities for the hotel. So far savings of 22% have been achieved in the Grand Daddy’s Energy Consumption.

Urban Earth was contracted by Sustainable Energy Africa and the GIZ South African-German Energy Programme to develop an online platform that streamlines the application process for Small-Scale Embedded Generation. Due to the rapid increase in municipalities allowing these installations to be connected to their electricity distribution grids, the manual application process of submitting hard-copy forms has become obsolete. Working with Blue Sky Solutions, a modern web-based interface was to developed to provide a streamlined application process for customers and installers and facilitating easy application assessments by municipal officials.

Urban Earth was contracted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development in partnership with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to develop revised Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for the Free State and Mpumalanga provinces. Urban Earth also developed an updated climate risk and vulnerability assessment for each province to determine the vulnerability of various sectors to the impacts of climate change and identify risks to human and environmental health and well-being in the provinces.

Urban Earth was contracted by GIZ to develop community beneficiation mechanisms to promote green hydrogen projects. The specific deliverable was the development of a report that included a background to community beneficiation in South Africa, an overview of the green hydrogen economy in South Africa, and a detailed section on developing viable community beneficiation mechanisms for green hydrogen projects in South Africa. The report also included sections on lessons from the application of Community Beneficiation Mechanisms in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) as well as in associated sectors including the mining, energy, transport, and construction sectors.

Urban Earth was contracted by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality to develop a status report outlining recommendations for SDG reporting and a reporting tool compatible with City systems and departments. The reporting tool was built using the open source “Open SDG” platform that provides the framework for managing and publishing data and statistics related to the SDGs.

Urban Earth developed an online training course for homeowners to educate them on Solar PV and what should be considered before installing a Solar PV installation.

Urban Earth developed and facilitated a climate finance training course for municipal government officials on the theory and practice of accessing climate finance as part of Phase 5 of the Local Government Climate Change Support Program. Urban Earth was contracted by the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and GIZ to develop a training course on climate finance project preparation and then run the training course for municipal government officials from across South Africa.

Urban Earth was contracted by GIZ to develop communication resources to assist municipalities in understanding opportunities and challenges in the renewable energy and energy efficiency space. Urban Earth’s role in the project was to write and design the booklets as well as to draft a summary of key issues in the electricity distribution sector in South Africa as a SALGA Energy Summit reference guide.

Urban Earth has been commissioned to develop online platforms for Eswatini and Namibia to streamline the application process for Embedded Generation. Both countries are experiencing a rapid increase in the installation of embedded energy generation projects such as Solar PV, and there is a need to simplify the application process. Working with Blue Sky Solutions, a modern web-based interface will be developed to provide a streamlined application process for installers, which also facilitates easy application assessments by utilities.

Urban Earth was commissioned by the Southern African Bitumen Association to update the Carbon Footprint tool it had previously developed for its members. The purpose of the update was to allow for easy submission of carbon tax calculations as well as to ensure the tool aligns with the latest emission factors required for making greenhouse gas emission calculations. velop an online platform that streamlines the application process for Small-Scale Embedded Generation. Due to the rapid increase in municipalities allowing these installations to be connected to their electricity distribution grids, the manual application process of submitting hard-copy forms has become obsolete. Working with Blue Sky Solutions, a modern web-based interface was to developed to provide a streamlined application process for customers and installers and facilitating easy application assessments by municipal officials.

Urban Earth was contracted by the International Institute of Sustainability Development to participate in a project aimed at strengthening the evidence base on intersectional approaches to climate change adaptation. Urban Earth is supporting the implementation of the project by undertaking a case study exploring how to apply an intersectional approach to an existing climate risk assessment in South Africa.

The Grand Daddy is a boutique hotel situated in the Cape Town City Centre. The Grand Daddy commissioned Urban Earth to assist in identifying and eliminating energy waste in the facilities to reduce total energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Urban Earth installed energy monitoring equipment to monitor the total consumption of the facility in real-time as well as the consumption of key energy using assets on sites. Based on real-time energy data, Urban Earth has identified numerous energy-saving opportunities for the hotel. So far savings of 22% have been achieved in the Grand Daddy’s Energy Consumption.

Urban Earth was contracted by C40 to review the policy documents of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CoT) and to make recommendations for integrating climate action into four of the CoT’s strategic documents. The project involved undertaking a policy stocktake in order to identify four strategic policy documents that were most appropriate for a review, meeting with the relevant departments, undertaking a preliminary review of each of the four documents against the CoT Climate Action Plan, making iterative adjustments to the reviewed documents, and facilitating a validation and sharing of learnings workshop with a broader range of CoT officials.

Urban Earth was contracted by Sustainable Energy Africa and the GIZ South African-German Energy Programme to develop an online platform that streamlines the application process for Small-Scale Embedded Generation. Due to the rapid increase in municipalities allowing these installations to be connected to their electricity distribution grids, the manual application process of submitting hard-copy forms has become obsolete. Working with Blue Sky Solutions, a modern web-based interface was to developed to provide a streamlined application process for customers and installers and facilitating easy application assessments by municipal officials.

The purpose of the Municipal Energy Management Support Programme is to support a cohort of thirteen municipalities in South Africa to reduce their internal energy consumption. Urban Earth has developed a range of tools and resources for municipalities in the program to assist them in tracking their internal energy consumption and act on insights from their data.  Urban Earth also facilitates regular capacity-building workshops and online events for participating municipal staff.

Urban Earth was contracted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development in partnership with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to develop revised Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for the Free State and Mpumalanga provinces. Urban Earth also developed an updated climate risk and vulnerability assessment for each province to determine the vulnerability of various sectors to the impacts of climate change and identify risks to human and environmental health and well-being in the provinces.

Urban Earth, in association with String Communication, developed and executed a range of communication materials on Green Hydrogen in South Africa. The project involved developing a brand for Green Hydrogen South Africa, producing several videos on green hydrogen initiatives in South Africa, and establishing a website for the Green Hydrogen Summit.

Urban Earth was contracted by GIZ to develop community beneficiation mechanisms to promote green hydrogen projects. The specific deliverable was the development of a report that included a background to community beneficiation in South Africa, an overview of the green hydrogen economy in South Africa, and a detailed section on developing viable community beneficiation mechanisms for green hydrogen projects in South Africa. The report also included sections on lessons from the application of Community Beneficiation Mechanisms in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) as well as in associated sectors including the mining, energy, transport, and construction sectors.

Urban Earth was contracted by Sustainable Energy Africa to develop a energy baseline tool for municipalities to track their internal energy consumption. The project also involved facilitating several training courses on the tool.

Urban Earth was contracted by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality to develop a status report outlining recommendations for SDG reporting and a reporting tool compatible with City systems and departments. The reporting tool was built using the open source “Open SDG” platform that provides the framework for managing and publishing data and statistics related to the SDGs.

Urban Earth developed an online training course for homeowners to educate them on how energy is used in the home and what key steps can be taken to reduce energy consumption.

Urban Earth developed an online training course for homeowners to educate them on Solar PV and what should be considered before installing a Solar PV installation.

Urban Earth developed a ten module on-line climate emergency training course for eThekwini Municipality in partnership with the C40 finance facility. Urban Earth designed the curriculum for the course and developed the content of the seven email lessons and three online webinars. Urban Earth also piloted the course with 23 municipal officials in eThekwini Municipality. The course was well received by participants and will now be implemented by eThekwini Municipal staff going forward.

Urban Earth developed and facilitated a climate finance training course for municipal government officials on the theory and practice of accessing climate finance as part of Phase 5 of the Local Government Climate Change Support Program. Urban Earth was contracted by the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and GIZ to develop a training course on climate finance project preparation and then run the training course for municipal government officials from across South Africa.

Urban Earth was contracted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development as an Adaptation Planning Advisor, responsible for providing technical support to the South African Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in advancing adaptation action in South Africa. Urban Earth’s assisted with the final revision of the National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in response to stakeholder comments, the organisation of a week-long technical climate change training course for provincial and national government officials and the drafting of a Resource Mobilisation Strategy.

Urban Earth was contracted by GIZ to develop communication resources to assist municipalities in understanding opportunities and challenges in the renewable energy and energy efficiency space. Urban Earth’s role in the project was to write and design the booklets as well as to draft a summary of key issues in the electricity distribution sector in South Africa as a SALGA Energy Summit reference guide.