Track: Environmental Engineering

Abstract

The Zimbabwe National Sports Stadium is a venue for the country’s major national and sporting events. It comprises of 34 stadium bays, which were constructed to accommodate 60 000 people. The facility also houses several corporates at its administrative complex and residents who maintain the ground. The stadium has recently experienced deterioration due to lack of maintenance and meaningful corporate investments in the sporting arena. One of the major sticky issues is the deplorable state of ablution facilities such as toilets and showers. The patriotic fever has led the Zimbabwean government, the citizens and other stakeholders to come up with plans to completely renovate the stadium. It has come to the attention of the engineering fraternity to contribute through designing a solar district water heating system and its incorporation into the comprehensive stadium overhaul programme to address the problem of ablution facilities. A thorough energy audit was carried out to assist in the design of the district hot water system for the facility. Through making use of the energy audit results, an appropriate solar district water heating system was designed for the Zimbabwe National Sports Stadium. A recommendation was made for the authorities to consider implementation of the design.