In 2020, the Bud Group embarked on a journey to formalize our approach to sustainability.
As part of this journey, Energy and energy consumption were identified as a priority that will have substantive effect on our business models and have a positive impact on society.
We have been engaged over the years in an ongoing roll out of projects that include wind and solar energy, which ultimately also contributes to lowering our Groups carbon footprint.
In 2020, in a pledge to reduce production running costs and become self-sustainable, Afrit generates 99% of their power from solar panels.
"the amount of power Afrit uses at their main plant is equivalent to 136 tumble dryers running at one time."
When NERSA approved 15.06% electricity tariff increases, Augusta Steel, installed 56 tons of solar panels in order to produce 660KwHr of AC electricity.
Enhancing their ability as a low cost producer of steel tube with the resultant savings.
The Bud Rental Services which spans Concord Cranes, Concord Access Solutions and Uni-Span.
High energy costs and unreliable power led Bud Rental Services to work alongside Sinani Energy and implement the Hubble Energy High Voltage System operating now across 3 projects across the business.
Upon relocating to their modern, energy efficient premises used the opportunity to address their unreliable grid power and increasing energy tariffs. Partnering with Green Wave Energy, they chose the Hubble Energy Container which has achieved significant cost savings while transitioning to a sustainable and reliable energy solution.
When load shedding and high-power costs threatened the viability of their salt manufacturing plant, Cerebos partnered with Avianto energy and they ultimately chose a hybrid solution with batteries and solar panels that now gives them the ability to reduce power costs, mitigate the impact of loadshedding and utilize batteries to arbitrage the expensive winter electricity costs.
As an integrated group, Bud’s diversified business model positions us as leaders in our markets, consisting of manufacturing, industrial services, minerals beneficiation and energy solutions businesses.
