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germany's agency for international development cooperation, the giz, supported the construction of thehall by making contacts to companies that operate similar testing facilities in europe. the technology had to be adapted for use in south africa. transport vehicles here are bigger and more powerful than they are in europe. at the moment, only one out of five manufacturers meets the minimum standards for insulation. for the first time ever, the new facility allows testers here to precisely determine just how well the trucks are insulated. there was no exact data available up to now. >> that gives a tool to all the manufacturers to improve their insulation properties. they can actually see their results in the practical performance of the improvements that they have made, so that they can implement that in their production. with a lot of new trucks out there with better insulation, we know we will use less diesel to run the cooling systems. less diesel means less carbon emissions into the atmosphere. >> every vehicle tested here gets an environmental seal. before long, the seal will be

the german development agency, giz, trained the technicians involved. the necessary electricity is produced by burning biomass. the hotels will save money from the switch, but only in the long-term. the new boilers are twice as expensive as the old ones. and operating costs are considerably higher. >> the biomass boiler, you need to keep on feeding, you have to make sure that the pressure is at 8 bar, constantly maintaining 24/7, labour intensive, it is manual feeding, maybe maybe every half an hour you have to keep on feeding the fuel. >> that fuel is waste wood from cinnamon farming. it only releases the amount of carbon dioxide that the tree absorbed during its lifetime. power just used to come straight out of the socket. but now jetwing has to build up its own grid. >> 150 kilometres to the south is the center of the cinnamon production on the island. dinesha silva farms cinnamon as people have done here for generations. after removing an outer layer of bark, they pry off strips of inner bark -- the quills will later be packaged as cinnamon sticks.

she says the secret to long gef ritty eating venl i giz from our own garden. ii. and happy birthday to mary richard sochb of hilton head, south carolina. she's got nine grandkids, 16 great grandkids and i think we know somebody whose going to be getting a lot of breaks. >> she's 10 sfwlichl that's right, i'm sorry. >> maybe my eyes are go b to go. and last but certainly not least we want to wish a special happy anniversary to friends of the today show, fred and trisha dobson of liberty hill, texas, celebrating 60 years of marriage. couple operated their own family business together while raising five kids. don't forget if you know somebody who's brate celebrate a birthday or fooil milestone anniversary tell us all about them at todaydom/celebration. >> yes. >> thank you so much. >> coming up after the break we're going to meet a remarkable man, a thrill seeker is has already conquered mount every rest and he's taking on a new challenge but then american anyona warrior takes over our plaza rain or shine after your local news and weather. n warrior takes over ou