 I need to allow a good evening and welcome to episode 376 of the private property podcast on your host Usaman Dhawan Kumailo. It's the Wednesday edition of the private property podcast which was for the first time welcome to the show. You tuned into the only daily property show in South Africa catering to your property needs. And all our regular viewers on Facebook, on Instagram, as well as on YouTube, welcome to it. You know how we do every single week day. You and I have an appointment at 7pm when we're always in conversation with the property expert who helps us make better property decisions. It doesn't matter where you are when it comes to your property, we're certainly here to help you along the way. And of course, the other great show is that you can look forward to every single weekday right here on private property's social media pages as it is Wednesday. You can look forward to Easter Castle on the first time home buyers show. 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And all you have to do to claim that money is to make sure that you're watching us live every single night. Because when you call your name, you have to drop us a message during the live. And that is how you're going to claim the money. And if we don't have a winner claim the money, the money rolls over in the money bag. And of course, it only gets bigger and bigger. That's how you can make sure that you stand a chance of walking away with the money. And of course, claiming that money every single weekday with myself was amount to one tomorrow at 7pm. Well, I want to find out from you. I know yesterday you know, our program got just got disrupted. We apologize for that. But we're back this evening and we will make it up to you. We're certainly going to have our guests on their back. And certainly continue that conversation. Because it is such an important one to have so many different people looking at different building methods, but also different building material, whether it is your primary residence or of course, an investment property that you're looking to add different components to. So we will reschedule that interview for later on in the month. And we hope that the tick gremlins are not going to get in the way of our conversation at all going forward. So that's something that you can look forward to later on in the month. But this evening, we're talking about something that I know so many of us always want to get a sense of how we can be on top of it as much as possible. We're talking about energy saving and innovations for the whole thing. We're talking about energy saving, sort of those things that I always, always, always want to get right because we know how much we're spending on various things from electricity to fuel. So fuel going up yesterday by the way was what, over and around, if I remember correctly. And I would just fill up. So literally after the show, I wanted to make sure that I top up my tank. To be quite honest, it was actually the first time I did that. Because more often than not, I don't fill up when they say we're going to have an increase. But this time I thought we are all increasingly thinking the pitch and want to save as much as possible in different areas of our lives. And of course, our homes are a big part of us saving as much as possible. So I want to find out from you at home, what are some of those no saving methods or mechanisms actually used in the household, especially now it's been summer. I think sometimes summer creeps up on you and there's certain things and certain behaviors that you do do. And that ends up also being a energy gazelle. You know, we think in winter it's just the heater or the geezer, but summer unfortunately also has its own issues. So do share with us what you do and how you've gone about making sure that you save as much as possible. I'm joined by Volna Havendavis, an entity at Sinovation Power for less talking energy saving innovations for your home. Volna, good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Thank you Zoma and it's always a pleasure to be with you and I appreciate the opportunity. It's such a pleasure to have you on the show Volna. I think before even look at, you know, what kind of innovations and how it works, perhaps first let's look at, you know, the current stage of our power supply and particularly the challenges that we face in our respective homes. I think, you know, currently Volna, we're struggling with low trading that is affecting our personal lives, affecting our businesses and industries and it seems it might be something that's going to be around for a while to come. Currently South Africa has got the capacity to manufacture 51 gigawatt electricity with 1000 megawatt, which is enormous. But we're running on a 64% capacity usage. So we're sitting with a massive shortfall that ISCOM has to generate and we are also supplying 45% of Africa's power supply, you know, I don't know if you're aware of that, but we are all experts of energy as well. So we're looking at a shortfall and we have an amazing solution for businesses and households on energy that's going to be a cost saving model, because if you look at the track record, from 2007 up to 2020, we had a 512% increase in our electricity bill. Already approved for next year, is it 27% increase, which is almost a third of what we're paying now that's going to be more for next year. And from 2023 for the for five years coming, preliminary, they already said 14% to a 70% annual increase over the next five years. So you're talking about massive increases coming and you know, saving on your electricity is going to be very, very important for us as a consumer. I mean, when I look at electricity, a lot of people want to either go off grid, sometimes it's about the cost of going off grid, or at the very least trying to find different ways of sort of minimizing your reliance on the much as possible in a more sustainable way, in a more long term way. You know, many of us may have different systems that we use where things like a backup power supply that you buy. But we know that much is possible. Of sound on my end. Can you just repeat if you have any questions to my end, please? I do apologise for that, it was probably just a bad connection on my end. I was saying that if you could perhaps, you know, share to our viewers what then the offer from PowerfulList is, that's of course going to help them save on their monthly utility costs when it comes to energy. Yes. Okay, we started from the backside front, but you know, the exciting thing for us with PowerfulList is that we have a key solution for every sector from residential to freestanding homes to estates and complexes, retirement estates, which covers your full spectrum on your residential side. And on the commercial side, we're extending our footprint to shopping centres and malls, very successfully schools, 1000 guest houses, relationships and fuel stations. We've got a phenomenal agricultural solution and then office blocks and complexes. So, you know, that's every market sector that we've got a solution for the market. Regarding our financial model, which is very exciting, is that either a client like most of the other energy providers can buy it, buy it all for once, or we've got a solution where we send a team of experts, firstly, we request 12 months of your current consumption in statements and then they send you an assessment on that and work out around your current budget, what you are paying currently over a period of five years and they work on capping that amount. So, let's say you're paying a thousand random months, 1500 random months, a month, we integrate that into the solution and cap that for a period of five years and the exciting thing is there's no increase and after that period, the product becomes yours, the solution is yours. And I think, you know, the big thing we'd want to of course find out is what is the solution ultimately, especially when we talk about that, the solution becomes yours, get a sense of that 12 months usage. We certainly want to find out then what is it that gets done to your home that of course cuts down your spend as much as possible. I want to just go for a quick break and when we come back from a break, we're going to see, certainly continue the conversation on what that offering is and the solution that after that 12th month period ends up being yours. I want to find out from your home what are some of the saving mechanisms that you use in your household as much as possible. I know we talk a lot about different ways that we can save, ways that we can save when we are buying a home, when we are negotiating with the attorneys, negotiating with the seller and even of course when you are selling your home and the different kinds of people that you're going to have to negotiate with and even when you're renting, when we're tipping renters now and whatever to save, negotiate as much as possible when it comes to how much they can save before signing up for that rental amount. But when it comes to energy, what are you doing at home? We know that many of us have had issues with electricity charges, especially when we saw the tariff go up a few months ago. So what are some of those ways that you use at home to save as Welcome back, class. I'm your host, Usama Donwa Kumailo. It's the Wednesday edition of the show and it seems like the Ted Gremlins are on our cases once again, but we're going to get through this incredible competition and of course this incredible episode. I know I got cut off there as we're about to announce who the lucky winner this evening is. Let's go for a quick break and see who the lucky person is going to be walking through with that cash prize is this evening. And that lucky winner this evening goes on to Abeta Albertain. Abeta Albertain is the lucky winner of our competition. I hope that they're watching and of course will drop us a text down here, but I want to find out from my colleague how much is actually in the money bag. I know that yesterday, of course, had technical issues. Monday, Martha Shimano was holding it down. So we don't want to get a sense of how much is in the money bag that Abeta is going to stand a chance of walking away with. I hope that she's watching. Drop us a text down here below in order to claim your prize as we continue this evening on Conversation with Volna Havana, who's an NDA at the Innovation Power List, looking at saving energy and energy saving innovations for your home. And I want to find out from you at home what are some of the energy saving tips you'd like to share with us and do drop us a message down here below. I think we've got 500 grand in the money bag, so that is what is up for grabs. And of course, if you want to be just like Abeta, all you have to do is to comment on the Pimp post on our Facebook page, and that is how you can stand a chance of walking away with the cash prize. But going back to Volna, I think Volna, when we then look at what you're talking about previously before the break, around the offering of the innovation will say being something that the home owner would be able to then have after the 12th month, what exactly is it? So you get a sense of what their energy costing is for the 12th month period, and what does the team effectively go in and do in order to cut costs in your residential home? Essentially the ownership becomes yours after a five-year period, but where your cost saving comes in is that you have no increases in your payment for that period of five years. So we determine what your current usage is in your house or in your business, or wherever that would be, and then that gets kept. So you're going to pay what you're paying currently or in that region depending on what your requirements are, and there won't be any increases over a period of five years. We've actually shown where nurses increases are going to come is going to be astronomical over a period of five years. Plus this becomes yours. Remember this is a complete off-grid solution. You've got a water solution as well. So you're well paying ISCOM and your solar. It's only the solar panels that you're paying at the consume. So that is where your cost saving will be coming. So when we talk about the no increases, how does that work? If the solution for instance is a solar solution, does that mean that let's say for instance my monthly electrical bill is a thousand rands. So on an annual basis, I'm spending 12,000 rands on electricity. Of course given whatever increases we have on an annual or whatever the basis is, you probably go up quite significantly. How I'm just trying to understand then the solar solution is that my electrical charge stays 1,000 a month. And if that is the case, who's the payment being made to? And are you in addition to that also paying for I'll say the usage of the team coming in and setting up whatever that they're setting up in order for you to be off-grid? No, that's the exciting part. That's free of charge. You're going to see some for you. We just need 12 month statements and then obviously according to the Poppy Act, which you are very familiar with, there's certain documents that they need to allow us to get from them. But the company offers the credit on this for the term of the five years. So if your electricity bill is a thousand random months, next year with the normal income rate escalation, you're talking about a 60% increase. So on a thousand rand, you took over 300 rand increase just on year one. So we're not even talking about 500 a five year period. So with our system, it's a complete corporate submission and you will be kept on what you pay without any interest. Plus it includes your insurance on that. So there's no extra costs for you on the solution for the period of five years. The benefit added to that, this solution, and it's unfortunately we don't have enough time for me to go into detail. We'll be right if the people can email us and we can send them information on it. But this solution is guaranteed for for minimum 20 years on the quality and the warranties that it that it covers. It's a tier one panel Bloomberg approved. And the solution is like nothing else currently on the market. We're very excited to say that. But you know, the client only pays what they're currently paying in that region for five years and then the solution becomes these obviously on our commercial deals, it might be a longer period from five to seven years because it's a bigger installment or offering. But that will evaluate when we get to the commercial discuss that. But on the residential, also we've got two entry level products, which is very exciting to add on. The one is a mobile, you know, one of the things was that we as moms, I'm also one with kids that's in school, kids have to do homework, you have to cook, you have to get, you know, life goes on and then you sit with Lowchimp. So we're very excited about the product, the Moby Vault. Moby Vault is a portable solar solution that can literally be plugged in and it can carry your electricity at home from 60 to eight hours. So this is portable. It's great for people that's in events or outdoors, but it will carry from your laptop yourself on your TV, 99% of your devices up to your washing machine, your microwave, your kettle and your stove. Included in this solution is five low-shading proof lights, which actually stays on when the power is built in batteries in these lights. So you've got lights in your house or at least five rooms, if not more, depending on the solution you choose, so that you have energy as well or light. So that's very exciting for us. We've got six sizes of the Moby Vault and then in addition to that we've got a power box. Now a power box is very similar in what it does like a generator, but it's soundless, it literally plugs in, not plugs in, but we've got a team that can install it for you or we can get it, you can get an electrician to do that, but you need a COC for it. But what happens the moment your electricity goes off, this kicks in and you off grid completely in your house and your energy runs, your house is lighted, you've got solar, you've got power in your house and that is a three kilowatt or a five kilowatt solution, which is anything from a two-bedroom house to a three, four, five-bedroom house for a period of six to eight hours. So it's still very exciting solutions that we've got for businesses, for short-term usage if you still want to stay on the grid, but people wanting to go over the grid completely, obviously we've got our bigger solutions and we can send out proposals and give you information on that. I am this evening in conversation with Phil there, having already looking at energy saving innovations for your home and of course want to find out from you what are the different ways that you're going about saving energy as much as possible. I know for instance one of the things that I do because of the energy challenges that we have is that I do have a UPS at home, I know really different people also use inverters just so you can get by when we have no cheating and it's unfortunate that we actually even have to get to that, right? That might have to be to the point where we are buying different kinds of things to make sure that we get the power on at every single point. I want to find out from your home what are the different things that you do to save energy as much as possible. Mathesh and I was saying I'm on ED lights and gas powered appliances. The plan is to get off the grid soon. And I know so many of us might be looking at those different kinds of options, I have ED lights and some of the rooms in the house. And the great thing about them is well you have the lights on for I think it's up to three hours between two and three hours because it's kind of a battery thing that they have that when the power goes off you still have lights for those additional two hours which is fantastic. But I think of course we want sort of more sustainable ways of ensuring that we have power as much as possible and that we keep power as much as possible because I don't think any of us want to go through, especially what we went through last week. I think last week was probably a very difficult week. Some people even having no cheating or just blackouts really for up to 15 hours in a day. It was absolutely devastating. And before we wrap up Vilna, I think the final question is any final tip for people who are looking to find different ways of saving on the electrical bill as much as possible. Any final tip for them? Yes, obviously putting your Giza on a timer, we've got a phenomenal Giza solution. We're looking at management systems so you've got timers but you know with obviously you know for us contact us we've got a phenomenal solution for you to save money long-term and to get your 100% off the bridge which is a cost-saving model. But yes I think one of the things in your house that takes the most electricity would be a Giza. So looking at various solutions and time will Giza. You don't have to have it on 24 hours a day. Going to gas stoves could be an option also very efficient in no cheating. But getting the right solutions this you know would be the best offering on the table for their consumer at the moment. And that certainly agrees to their hope. My colleague tells me that a better other team is indeed watching us this evening so congratulations to you. You are certainly walking away with that 500 rands in cash that is a better other team who is watching this evening on the private property podcast. Vilna we are going to leave it there this evening. Thank you so much for joining us on the show. Thank you Zama for the opportunity. Appreciate it. Thank you. And that is Vilna having an MD at Sinovation Powerful List on this evening's episode of the private public podcast with myself. Rapping up a Wednesday edition. Of course later on at 8pm you can look forward to the first time home by a show with Estee Klaassen. I'm back on your screens tomorrow evening. Until then hope you're staying well. Miss James says.