CITY OF JOBURG REGION - CIVIC CENTRE
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Paying of Accounts Remember, payments must be made at least four days before the due date reflected on the statement. If payments are made after that date, they will only reflect on the following month's statement. Events in the calendar are subject to change without notification. Joburg is determined to create a green city, in keeping with the movement to prevent climate change and improve the environment in whatever way possible. M ANY of the City's development decisions are taken with the need for a green planet in mind: from greening and cleaning the environment, to reducing the energy load in buildings, to cutting carbon emissions. Landfill preparation for a gas flare In 2005, the City identified Robinson Deep, Marie Louise, Linbro Park, Goudkoppies and Ennerdale landfills as potential sites to implement a landfill gas to energy Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project. Through the implementation of a CDM project, the City will contribute to the country’s achievement of the Kyoto Protocol commitments and simultaneously generate revenue through the sale of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) and sale of electricity generated. The City of Johannesburg Environment Infrastructure and Services department initiated the landfill gas to energy CDM project in The main aim of the project is to mitigate the harmful greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted from the landfills. It is anticipated that the renewable energy generated from the project will be fed into the municipal grid, thus off-setting largely coal derived electricity. The project supports the South African Government’s 2002 agreement to the Kyoto Protocol on World Climate Change which aims to reduce the amount of GHG emitted in countries and the implementation of supportive CDMs in Third World countries. The project is being implemented in five of the City’s landfill sites, making it the largest landfill CDM project in South Africa so far. Work on a gas flare Environmental impact assessments on each of the landfill sites have been completed and the City received Waste Licences under the Waste Management Act to implement the projects on each of the sites. The City has submitted a bid to sell the power from the projects as part of the Department of Energy’s Renewable Electricity procurement program. We are confident that the project will be selected as the City’s project was the only project to submit an application for allocation under the IPP Procurement Process for landfill gas projects which has been allocated 25MW of capacity. It is up to Joburg Water to supply almost four million residents with top quality water. Greening Soweto The City set out to address the imbalances in past development policies and provide a Green Soweto. Besides making everyone aware of the need to reduce, reuse, and recycle material, the project is one way of taking pressure off rapidly filling landfill sites. Creating city parks City Parks, has also been involved in creating and upgrading parks across Joburg. The open space is selected and all efforts are focused on building, within 24 hours, a park with trees, plants, walkways and recreational amenities. Besides the obvious public spaces efforts, Joburg also tackles other green projects. Joburg was the only South African participant at the Seoul C40 Summit, where it presented a paper on Smart Buildings: how Johannesburg is implementing energy efficiency in buildings. Other projects To help fight climate change, Joburg's environment department has come up with initiatives and programmes such as the the Cosmo City Climate Proofing Programme, the Energy Efficiency Buildings Retrofit Programme, the Greenhouse Gas Data Web Interface and the Implementation of the BRT Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project, to monitor gas emissions. It’s all systems go for the 2017 edition of Walk the Talk Thembelihle electrification project nearing completion Accolades pour in for City of Joburg’s iconic council chamber Joburg City Parks & Zoo scoops two international awards Tears of joy as residents receive their title deeds Future environmental health practitioners given a leg up.