Welcome to the National Hub for Postgraduate Programme in Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management (EEDSM Hub)!

The South African National Energy Research Institute (SANERI), a subsidiary of CEF (Pty) Ltd, is a joint initiative of the Departments of Science & Technology (DST), and Minerals & Energy (DME). SANERI identifies energy efficiency and demand side management as key research and development (R&D) themes for South Africa. The five-year Postgraduate Programme in Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management (EEDSM) was initiated as one of targeted government funded programmes to generate high quality Masters and Doctoral graduates specifically trained to meet the needs of an expanding and sustainable energy industry in South Africa.

On these web pages, you will find information about the administration and personnel of the Hub, the EEDSM postgraduate programme of the University of Pretoria, the research projects as well as an archive for a collection of materials over the past.

Mr. Kadri (Kevin) Nassiep, CEO - SANERI, and Prof. Robin Crewe, Vice Principal – UP, signing the contract at the launch of the Hub on 10 June 2008. Launch programme and more pictures can be found here.

A quick link to our short course pages