Happy Energy Day 2010
This message appropriately brought to you by Mikoto Misaka.
Let me tell you an anecdote of mine when I was living in SMPJN's hostel.
I was, in my senior years, part of the student committee as head of the accomodation block I was staying at. On curfew at 10pm, I'd have a little personal round not just on my block but throughout all the hostel blocks; switching off all the lights that would have remained on had no one else turned them off. Bathroom lights, hallway lights, storeroom lights... you name it. The warden caught me one night and I explained what I was doing. I didn't imagine him mentioning this to everyone in the next weekly assembly. I was chuffed when he highly praised me and telling the others how precious energy is, the financial and environmental loss caused by electrical wastage and to let them know how lucky they were for not paying the bill. He then assigned each block leader to switch off all lights and not just room lights on curfew from then on. I hope the practice is still done today.
What I did may not strike you as life-changing at best, but a little goes a long way into helping our environment and the world. Remember our victory in '08? Though there won't be any prize this time around, I want you to pledge again at esaving.com, the official site for Brunei's very own Energy Day.
To do this you will have to pledge to do the S.O.S. from 9am to 9pm today:
- Switching off lights when not needed. Also expandable to other electrical appliances.
- Turning off the water heater after use. My family has always practised this.
- Turning up the air-conditioner to 24° or at least one degree higher than normal use. We all know that air-cons are energy-guzzlers, so setting it to this temperature will make it consume less energy.
That is all, and thank you for reading. On behalf of my mentor and electric esper Mikoto Misaka, I wish you all a happy and safe Energy Day.
