Prof L.J. Grobler (SAEE President)

lj.grobler@nwu.ac.za

Prof. L.J. Grobler, (Ph.D.) has been active in the energy field for the past 18 years and has been a member of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) since 1997. Prof. Grobler is the President of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in the United States of America for the 2008/2009 office term.

Prof. Grobler is certified by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) as:

• Certified Energy Manager (C.E.M.)


• Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (C.M.V.P.)


• Distributed Generation Certified Professional (D.G.C.P.)

Prof. Grobler is also active in providing training in the Certified Energy Management Training Program (CEM) and Certified Measurement and Verification Program (CMVP) since 2001.

Prof. Grobler is the Chapter President of the Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE).

The Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE) has received several awards from the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE):

• Best International Chapter Program Award (2002)


• Best International Chapter of the Year Award (2004)


• Best International Chapter Newsletter Award (2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004)


• Best International Chapter Website Award (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005)


• Most New AEE Members International Award (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005)


• Best International Chapter Meeting Award (2006)

Prof. Grobler is a professor in Mechanical Engineering at the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Apart from lecturing, he also mentors students that are busy with their Master and PhD Studies. He has authorized or co-authored more than 60 articles on energy related issues in local and international journals and presented or co-presented more than 80 papers at local and international conferences. He also serves on the Technical Committee of the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP). In 2009 he has been elected to the Council of Measurement and Verification Professionals South Africa (CMVPSA).

Prof. Grobler is Director of Energy Cybernetics, a company specializing in delivering energy solution services. He has personally performed more than 50 industrial and commercial energy audits. He serves on the steering committee responsible for developing the Measurement and Verification (M&V) methodologies and procedures to Measure and Verify the impact of Eskom's Demand Side Management (DSM) program.

Mr Karel Steyn

Karel.Steyn@eskom.co.za

Mr. Karel Steyn, Pr Tech (Eng), Pr Techni (Eng), C.E.M., C.M.V.P. and B.E.P., has been managing the Measurement and Verification (M&V) function on the Eskom Demand Side Management (DSM) program, on behalf of NERSA, since 2005. He is certified by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in the USA, as a Certified Energy Manager since 2002, a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional and also as a Certified Business Energy Professional. He is registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and has formal qualifications in Marketing. He also sits on the Southern African CEM Evaluation Committee, the SAEE Scholarship Committee and chairs the M&V Steering Committee.

He is currently a board member of the Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE), is a member of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in the USA, South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAiEE) and the Institute of Marketing Management (IMM).

Karel has been active in the energy field for the past 20 years. His initial focus was on the Agricultural sector and thereafter the commercial and industrial sectors. During this period he received more than 12 awards for work done as an energy advisor, a high performer, as well as awards for innovation. Karel also spend a short period assisting some of his family, worldwide specialists in continues emissions monitoring and solutions, who is working from the USA.

He made many presentations related to energy efficiency, energy management and M&V. He has a passion for energy management, the measurement & verification thereon and related aspects such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

Ms Lisa Reynolds

lisa.reynolds@saint-gobain.com

Lisa Reynolds has a BSc (Chemistry) from University of Witwatersrand) and has a MBA from the University of Hull. She achieved her CEM in 2005.

Lisa has worked in the insulation and interior building industry for 12 years. In 2002, she became involved in fire and energy standards and in rewriting of the building code (SANS 10400).

In March 2009, the Technical Committee began Edition 2 of the SANS 204 series and Lisa is once again the Chairperson of the Working Groups responsible for the drafting of these standards. Lisa is a member of the Technical Working Group for the Green Building Council of SA which drafted the Green Star rating tool for Offices (Published October 2008) and which is busy with the drafting of the Green Star rating tool for Retail.

She served on the SAEE Board and other bodies including those at the SABS. She is actively involved in writing the energy efficiency standards for buildings and industry:

Served as research steering committee member for DME research projects; served on a committee recommending interventions for condensation preventions in low cost housing in the South Cape area; working with Eskom’s Demand Side Management department on projects; Energy Efficiency (and insulation) training for specifiers, project engineers, developers, end users and other stakeholders; Associate member of SAAE’s (South African Association of ESCO’s).

Hope Mashele

masheleh@tfmc.co.za

Hope holds a BSc Eng from Natal, a DMM from UNISA and a MAP from Wits Business School. He is also a registered CEM.

He has a long trusting calling in the energy industry which consists of; his career started at Siemens Telecoms working as Candidate Engineer; ABB Powertech Transformers being employed as Contracts and Projects Engineer; Actaris Metering Systems working as Project Manager, Vikinduku Engineering & Projects being the General Manager and a senior consultant, leading to where he currently is a National Energy Manager managing the Telkom Facilities at TFMC.

Hope performed a number of energy-efficiency related projects with Eskom DSM and also established Energy Management Dept in TFMC (1 CMVP, 3 CEM and 4 CEA professional candidates).

He is a member of SAEE, a registered Professional Engineer with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and a council member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE).

Sydney Zeederberg

Sydney.zeederberg@sasol.com

Sydney Zeederberg holds a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering (1979) from the University of Pretoria and a MBL degree from UNISA (1987). He is a Certified Energy Manager.

At present he is a Chief Process Engineer at Sasol Synfuels responsible for the energy efficiency improvement initiative. He has been working for Sasol since 1980 where he has occupied roles in Production, Business Development, Project Management and Technology Management. He has been leading the Sasol Synfuels Energy Efficiency drive for the last 5 years where he has developed an energy efficiency/co-generation project pipeline in excess of 1000MW.

Sydney has earned a reputation over many years as a process expert, energy manager and mentor of young engineers. His process knowledge, business knowledge, insight, big picture perspective and a unique level of creativity made of him an excellent developer of new concepts and innovative ways to improve energy efficiency. He is world class in this field.

Tsakani Lotten Mthombeni

tmthombeni@angloamerica.co.za

Dr Tsakani Mthombeni currently holds the position of Senior Energy Engineer within Anglo Technical Division of Anglo American. He previously worked within the Demand Side Management in the Distribution division of Eskom as a technical leader. He was also a co-chair of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Demand Side Management working group. Prior to joining Eskom, he was a research officer at the University of Cape Town in the Department of Electrical Engineering with the Advanced Machines and Energy Systems research team.

Dr Mthombeni holds a BSc (Hons.) Elec. Eng from the University of Cape Town and MSc and PhD degrees from Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, both in electrical engineering. He also holds a Management Development Program (MDP) certificate from Gordon Institute of Business School, through the University of Pretoria and successfully wrote the Certified Energy Manager (CEM) exam (and is awaiting induction).

His research interests are in motor drive efficiencies, and he has published ten articles for IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Energy Conversion, Industrial Applications and Industrial Electronics Transactions

He serves as an external examiner (power engineering exams and MSc thesis projects) for the University of Pretoria. He also sits in review panels for the National Research Foundation (NRF). Dr. Mthombeni is a member of the IEEE, SAIEE, SANEA and SAEE.