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 29 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. We have been asked to install Solar systems onto the ring mains of the 29 buildings. Phase 1 of the project will be 15 buildings The core purpose of the Solar System is to save ring main losses.
 

In one year, this installation gives a solar yield of 379.13 MWh and is responsible for the avoidance of 131128.70 kilograms of CO₂ emissions.

Country

South Africa

Nearest place

Randburg

Installation

Primary service

Hot Water

System count

16

Circulation

Pumped

Heat exchange

Indirect

Collector type

Flat plate

Collector area

531.00 m²

Collector power

371.70 kWth

Collector tilt

40°

Supplier

Viessmann

Capacity

24000 litres

Backup

Gas

Supplier

Thermocube, manufactured by Sirac, EPDM, SA