This document provides supporting notes to the net zero carbon building policy with regards to the economic impacts of renewable energy (SEA, 2019).

This document provides supporting notes to the net zero carbon building policy with regards to the financial impacations for property developers (SEA, 2019).

This report explores the question whether the inclusion of the term ‘building regulations in Schedule 4, Part B of the Constitution materially affects the national government’s power to regulate buildings and building standards and, to the extent that it does affect that power, does it give a power to regulate buildings to local government, i.e. municipalities? (Pegasys, 2018).

This Excel-based model provides cumulative discounted capital (construction and PV) and electricity costs for different building types (residential, office, retail, school) for standard buildings, energy efficient buildings and energy efficient buildings with rooftop PV. Various inputs can be adjusted to test the financial case for green buildings. (SEA, 2018)

This note identifies the legal issues related to the promotion of SSEG, explores the legal uncertainties that need to be clarified in this work and suggests a set of way forward and actions necessary to achieve the legal certainty needed to roll out SSEG at scale in South African municipalities (Pegasys, 2018).