Discover how SAGEN supports local municipalities in optimizing energy efficiency and implementing robust energy management systems for sustainable development.

Learn more about MEMS in this fact sheet.

The video showcases one of our components at SAGEN. The Municipal Energy Management Systems (MEMS) project, which is a systematic and continuous monitoring of municipal energy consumption and planning of actions to strengthen the ability to identify and implement energy efficiency improvements to municipal buildings, streetlights, water supply and treatment infrastructure which in turn helps reduce costs and energy usage.

This energy management supply chain management policy annexure template provides guidance on how to consider energy consumption in the procurement of municipal equipment and appliances.

This energy management budgeting tool template provides the framework for the drafting on an energy management budget.

This energy management situational assessment matrix template provides a framework for conducting a situational assessment in a specific municipality.

This municipal facility energy audit tables template provides the framework to capture audit information.

This municipal facility energy audit report template provides the framework for an audit report of an individual facility.

This Municipal Energy Management Action Plan (MEMAP) implementation tracking tool template provides the framework for the establishment of a list of actions for a MEMAP.

This Municipal Energy Management Action Plan (MEMAP) template provides the framework for the drafting of a MEMAP by a municipality.

This energy management intervention payback period calculation tool provides the means to do payback calculations for energy management interventions.

This video guideline is focused on improving energy efficiency in water and sanitation systems using lessons from Silulumanzi, a subsidiary of South African Water Works.

This video guideline is focused on checking the success of an implemented energy intervention. It covers the importance of checking success, developing indicators of success and checking the success of an energy efficiency intervention.

This video guideline is focused on the role of energy audits. It covers an introduction to energy audits and provides an overview of what should be covered in an energy audit report.

This video guideline is focused on how to prioritise municipal energy management interventions. It covers the criteria to consider when prioritising energy interventions and evaluating an energy intervention proposal.

This video guideline is focused on how to develop an energy management action plan. It explains the need for an energy management action plan, what should be included in an energy management action plan and what is the best way to organise an energy management action plan.

This video guideline is focused on how to develop an energy intervention concept note. It covers, drafting the preliminary elements of an intervention concept note, calculating the costs and savings of the intervention for the concept note and explaining how the intervention performs against municipal prioritisation criteria.

This video guideline is focused on how to implement energy management and it provides an overview of the different types of implementation activities. The video guideline covers what are technical implementation activities, what are non-technical implementation activities and provides a summary of possible implementation interventions.

This guideline is focused on improving energy efficiency in water and sanitation systems using lessons from Silulumanzi, a subsidiary of South African Water Works

This guideline is focused on checking the success of an implemented energy intervention. It covers the importance of checking success, developing indicators of success and checking the success of an energy efficiency intervention.

This guideline is focused on the role of energy audits. It provides an introduction to energy audits and an overview of what should be covered in an energy audit report.