Light in the darkness: how South African schools should cut their electricity costs
By Jason Avron Samuels & Leslie van Rooi & MJ (Thinus) Booysen & Sara Grobbelaar - The Conversation LISTEN
JAN 26, 2021
Using LED lights in schools can drastically reduce the rate of electricity usage and costs. - Source: Shutterstock
Despite financial constraints, high costs and the best efforts of principals, electricity usage in South Africa s schools remains largely unchecked, as schools focus on educational outcomes. The country s 23,471 public schools use an estimated 3.5 TWh of energy a year . This is about a quarter of Koeberg nuclear power station s production and it costs about R5 billion ($330 million).