Century Property Developments originated in 1975, primarily as a developer of shopping centres, and has since diversified into exclusive residential estates and commercial developments. Century Property Developments is one of the largest Medium to High Income Housing Developer in Southern Africa. https://century.co.za/ The Project comprises of 33 Buildings each with 40 apartments. Current Hot water delivery is via a ‘Tankless – Gas – Ring Main’ on each building. Hot water is meter at the flat unit and
sold to the tenant or home owner. Solar thermal systems onto the ring mains of three of the buildings 1, 6 & 18 are planned to determine the way forward on the remaining buildings. Available Roof Space & budget restraints have been put in place which will affect system sizing. The core purpose of the Solar System is to save ring main losses.

In one year, this installation gives a solar yield of 59.98 MWh and is responsible for the avoidance of 20743.50 kilograms of CO₂ emissions.

Country

South Africa

Nearest place

Randburg

Installation

Primary service

Hot Water

System count

3

Circulation

Pumped

Heat exchange

Indirect

Collector type

Flat plate

Collector area

84.00 m²

Collector power

58.80 kWth

Collector tilt

40°

Supplier

Viessmann

Capacity

5150 litres

Backup

Gas

Supplier

Thermocube, manufactured by Sirac, EPDM, SA