2nd Rammed Earth Wall for Monhaghan Farm is almost ready to be Revealed!!

Lime stabilised, now over 5m high and ready to be fully reveled.  They will however remain under cover for a while still as they need to be protected from the other building activities still on site.

COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL ENERGY AUDIT:

InSynch’s Energy Assessment team offers certified and comprehensive energy assessments for commercial and residential buildings.

InSynch can help your business or home greatly reduce its operating costs.

We follow industry standard processes to identify opportunities within commercial premises to reduce the consumption of energy, water, and create more sustainable practises.

Energy Assessment reports from InSynch guide business owners in identifying potential energy or water inefficiencies as well as prescribing suitable solutions. The energy assessment audit takes into account a number of different aspects: including hot water requirements, lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, historical energy use, and energy providers (e.g. ESKOM, Gas, Water, etc).

From there, solutions are customised to the needs and budget of each client. We thoroughly brief each client on our findings and recommendations in order to ensure clients are informed before making any decisions.

"With multiple ESKOM Rebates available, as well as potential Carbon Credits, the ability to permanently and substantially reduce your businesses operating costs are just an email away" says Alastair Armstrong (MD, InSynch Sustainable Technologies (Pty) Ltd.

 
CALL INSYNCH TODAY TO ARRANGE YOUR ENERGY AUDIT SOONEST: 

tel: 07 666 888 77     or     email:  info@insynch.co.za

House Holl - Monaghan Farm, JHB - Rammed Earth

 So here we go... day 3 on the ramming side of the project, we have made good progress and the weather is holding out. We should be complete, up to just below 1.2m high by end of Friday this week - Perfect according to the project plan.

2nd Monaghan Project - Begins

The project for home owner and architect Gillian Holl from Field Architects has begun.
The test wall has been completed and the larger 18m  x  4.2m  x  0.5m  Rammed Earth wall is about to begin.

More info and pictures to follow.....

Rio Tinto Reception Area Goes Natural - Rammed Earth

Architects from dsgn design have commissioned a  Rammed Earth Wall at the reception area for the new Rio Tinto Head Office in Illovo, Johannesburg.

We built this wall as decorative and as colourful as requested..   select stones and gravel have been embedded into the wall to give extra effect 'of a cross-section into a Mines bedrock'.

The Rammed Earth Wall in the future reception area.

Some of the embedded stones and aggregate in the wall.

Pictures of Rammed Earth Wall - Westcliff, JHB

InSynch Sustainable Technologies (Pty) Ltd constructed the Rammed Earth Walls inside this home in Westcliff, Johannesburg in 2009/2010.

These are some of the photos of the completed project.

Contact InSynch Sustainable Technologies (Pty) Ltd for more information.

Contact InSynch Sustainable Technologies (Pty) Ltd for more information.

InSynch - Working the Difference

InSynch working the difference at the Green House Project.

Rammed Earth 'As Our Ancestors Did It!'

Architects 'Nicholas Whitcutt Architects' contracted InSynch to construct the Rammed Earth walls at the demonstration Centre on Sustainable Living at the Green House Project in Joubert Park, City Centre Johannesburg.

This is TRUE RAMMED EARTH.....  no stabiliser needed, the binder is the clay content of the soil, the soil is from site as per the original rammed earth technology dating back nearly 10 000 years.

The walls, as expected have turned out to be rather beautiful, all a single colour but the stratification being very visible, making up classic Rammed Earth.

Alastair & Charles from InSynch in front of one of the walls.

These walls have been built for YOU to see... go and visit the project!!

Either contact InSynch to arrange the visit for you or contact the Green House Project directly..

Green House Project:

1. http://inhabitat.com/the-greenhouse-project-sustainable-living-in-johannesburg/ 
2. http://www.urbansprout.co.za/the_greenhouse_project

PV & Wind Grid-Tie - Northcliff JHB

Design and installed a small grid-tied alternative energy system for a client in Northcliff Johannesburg.
The client lives on the North-Eastern slope of Nortcliff Hill, thereby getting a fair quantity of year-through wind, sufficient for the wind turbine, combined with the scalable Photovoltaic (PV) panels to generate an Alternative Power supply into the house supply (DB Board).
The system is designed to out supply the daily load, thereby reducing the overall electricity usage and cost.
The system also makes use on a small battery bank to supply backup power to key loads to the house if there is an ESKOM power failure.

Marlec Wind Turbine & Tower

SolarWorld 80W PV panels and SMA SunnyBoy PV Inverter

Integrated Solar Solutions - One Project - One Supplier

By AM Solar & InSynch

Here we have a project recently completed by AM Solar for a client in the Johannesburg, Kyalami area.
The project consists of a number of related but separate renewable and solar energy solutions including:

• Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power  -  Medium Scale Residential (15kw Peak)
• Solar Hot Water - incl. various High Pressure & Low Pressure systems.
• Heat Pumps - various size systems on the main house and cottages.
• BioGas System - connected to the main house & cottages.
• Energy Savings - replacement of std lights & fittings to LED & CFL.

The Solar Photovotaic (PV) Array.
Using SolarWorld 260W Panels in Series Strings to generate the power from the sun.
Also a 200L Solar Hot Water (High Pressure) system.  All by AM Solar (InSynch Partners).
Note: All Solar Hot Water system used on the project qualified for the ESKOM Rebates.

Solar Power System (15kw Peak):
The Grid-Tied Solar Power system makes use of the following components:

• 3x 5kw Victron Grid-Tied Inverters
• 2x SMA Sunnyboy Inverters (between PV arrays and Grid-Tie)
• 2V Hoppecke Cells (Batteries) for Backup Power.
• On-Line (Web) System Monitoring (Real Time) & Performance Analysis system.

Heat Pumps:
Multiple Heat Pumps were used, all qualified for ESKOM rebates

Biogas System:
In-Situ Cast BioGas system, used for cooking on the plot.

Another Solar Hot Water System used in this project.

The Installation and overall System Design, Project Management and Implementation was done by AM Solar and their partners.

Contact AM Solar or InSynch for more information on this project or for technology enquiries..