Important Tips On Solar Water Heating Systems
How Improve the Performance and Life Time of Solar Water Heating Systems So what are the most common failures of the majority of solar water heating systems? 1. Water quality as can be hard, soft or acidic2. The wrong type of hot water tank (vented or unvented)3....
5 key Non-technical Skills for Energy Professionals
By Linet Njeri Learning is the single best investment we can make in our lifetime. The world’s busiest and most wealthy individuals including Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Barrack Obama have identified continuous learning as an important part of life and dedicate 5...
Worried About Your Water Usage?
Have a Real Time Monitor I have often wondered why my water bill is so much higher than my expectations and why I pay so much for water yet in my own calculation, I do not use much water in my daily activities. As a tenant, the landlord would bring a water bill -...
What I Wish People Knew About LED’s
LED: Making the Light Choice The choice of the appropriate light bulb to use may seem like a foregone conclusion. The more traditional approach involves the selection of the bulb with the highest wattage for use. This is due to the assumption that more wattage equates...
To Buy or Not To Buy LED Bulbs
Dear Energy Engineers, Please let me know in black and white why for the life of me I should purchase bulbs that cost eight times above the amount of the regular bulbs, taking into consideration the current cost of living and every home owner’s endeavor to cut costs...
Briquettes Is So Famous, But Why?
Perhaps The ‘Hottest’ Cooking Fuel Invention For Home Use? By Mercy Masai What are briquettes? Briquettes comprise of a compressed block of coal dust or other combustible biomass material including charcoal, sawdust, woodchips, peat or paper, used for fuel. Briquettes...
Saving and Conserving Energy in Shopping Centers
Introduction Shopping centers use energy in varied forms, depending on the types of services and goods offered by each outlet operating at the shopping facility. Energy use therefore forms an integral part of operational costs of running business in shopping centers. ...
Is Technical Sales and Marketing right for you?
I recently received ta mail from colleague asking for some technical advise. I have changed the names to keep the privacy of the sender. The email read as below; Hi Chris, My name is Felix, a former Kenyatta University Energy Engineering...
Is your TV set Green?
As a home appliance, the television set is an important equipment that entertains, inform and also educate us. Quantum leap in television technology over the past 80 years has meant that consumers are spoilt for choice of TV set to acquire with the only dictate being...
Top 5 Kenyan Companies to Work With
Do We Have Good Firms In Kenya? Back in 2012 there were reports that Kenyan engineers were now free to work in both Tanzania and Uganda, as result of a Mutual Recognition Agreement. (MRA) This offered a huge relief for Kenyans who have always looked to exploit...
KENYA’S BIGGEST 2018 STUDENT ENERGY INNOVATION CHALLENGE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED On Friday, 20th July 2018, from 2.00pm to 3.30pm, the WED Student Energy Innovation Challenge was officially launched at the JKUAT Main Campus, IPic Building, 2nd Floor, where the AEPEA board secretary, Andy Amadi, officiated the ceremony to open...
THIS IS HOW KENYA IS GOING GREEN
ELECTRICITY FROM SUNLIGHT Kenya is classified as an energy poor country with the majority of the population spending a substantial amount of their household income on energy. With 46% of the population being classified as poor (living on less than US$ 2 per day), a...