Is Energy Management Necessary for Homes?
By Ruth Carol Atieno Energy management in houses has become an increasingly important topic in recent years due to the growing concern over climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions. The management of energy consumption in households can have a...
ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROMOTION OF FOOD SECURITY IN KENYA
BY KAREN THURANIRA FOOD EXTRUSION IN KENYA What is food extrusion? Food extrusion is not new to you. Trust me! In food extrusion, different dry foods (soy, maize, rice, wheat etc.) undergo a process involving hypothermal treatment while others are processed at high...
An Energized Youth, for an Energyzed World
By Kelvin Musyoki My journey to the energy space might have started when I stumbled upon a proposed final year project on renewable energy. I was an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student almost bolting out of campus with a desire to practice Mechanical...
GROWING MY PASSION THAT IS ENERGY
By Catherine Njeri My debut into the energy space didn’t start with YEEP (Youth in Energy Empowerment Program), but with my Undergrad in Energy Technology. Admittedly, I got into it for all the wrong reasons, chief among them being that I wouldn’t have a lot of...
What Distinguishes An E-Gauge Meter from A KPLC Smart Meter?
By Irvine Koech A KPLC smart meter is designed to communicate with Kenya’s Power National Contact Centre through a remote communication channel (facilitated by an antenna attached to the meter). It was introduced to help the utility provider offer more accurate...
ENERGY SAVING IN GYPSUM DECORATION
By Eleen Korir The decoration of gypsum has been a trend for the past few years. The most popular decoration are the chandelier, downlights and snake lights. Chandeliers and down lights are usually installed in hallways, living rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms. Snake...
IS REALTIME ENERGY MONITORING NECESSARY FOR HOMES?
By Ruth Carol Atieno Peter Drucker said, "You can't manage what you can't measure." When we install real time monitors the end goal here is to measure and take control of our energy consumption. A real time energy monitor allows you to see your energy consumption in...
How Can You Reduce your Carbon Footprint?
By Emily Gitonga “We only have one planet so take good care of it.” “The world will get to neutrality if we all take part in identifying areas, we can reduce our carbon footprint.” These are some of the phrases we find and hear from different digital platforms that...
WHERE DID MY MONEY GO?
By Richard Ojunga It is highly likely that at least at one point in your life, you’ve asked yourself, “Where did my money go?”. This can make you frantically go through all your financial receipts and transaction history. If you’re lucky enough, you might have at...
Identifying Energy Savings Opportunities in Compressed Air Systems
Truth Be Told! By Irvine Koech We don’t care much about things that are readily available, and often unseen. Despite its numerous applications, compressed air is one of those utilities that we don’t give much thought to. The air that goes into our car tires or packets...
Convergence of Energy Management and Project Commissioning
By Chris Mbori For a very long time, I used to associate project commissioning to the “ribbon cutting” opening event ceremony that marks the official opening of a site. And as much as that could be part of the commissioning process, the term commissioning involves...
Lessons Learned Implementing ESCO Model in a Developing Market
By Chris Mbori If you have been in the energy space, you will not miss coming across the phrase “the money is in the projects" So many Energy professionals are thus very eager to get energy efficiency projects implemented. Very few of them however, ever get...