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Learners log green scores at CSIR-designed science centre

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - 10:15

South Africa’s first net-zero science centre, designed by the CSIR, is now an ongoing citizen science experiment in green building practices and a model for future buildings. Learners from two nearby high schools in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, use tablets to score the building’s thermal performance, while its water and energy efficiencies are monitored in a digital twin building. Click here to watch and read more.

Contact Person

Coralie van Reenen

CvReenen@csir.co.za


Grade 11 and 12 learners from Saint James High School and Cofimvaba Secondary School, both within walking distance of the net-zero Cofimvaba Science Centre in the Easter Cape, use tablets to score the building’s thermal comfort levels. The CSIR uses the data from this citizen science project to monitor the real-time performance of the building from Pretoria.

 

Cofimvaba Science Center