THE next generation of homes is set to get greener for Singapore residents. The Housing Board (HDB) is looking into rolling out further initiatives to green new and existing homes, said HDB Building Research Institute managing director Lau Joo Ming on Tuesday.
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Since I had joined Earth Hour for this coming Saturday 8.30pm to 9.30pm to voluntary switching off all the lights…(and everything else …if you dare) during this ONE hour.
I do ask around what people will do during this Earth Hour self controlled blackout…and the result is the list below.
Do email me or comment below for what WILL YOU DO during Earth Hour to contribute to the awareness of saving mother Earth (actually our own asses from self destruction!).
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Earth Hour
I had found out about this via many avenue of marketing from posters and emails.
Do your part and participate in this Saturday’s Earth Day and switch off all your lights!
Register at http://www.earthhour.org/
Earth have only one chance, if we lose Earth…we will perish.
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According to The Guardian :
Moves to ban traditional lightbulbs are being looked at by the government in the battle against climate change.
The aim is to encourage consumers to buy energy-saving bulbs, which last on average up to 12 times as long. People using the energy-saving bulbs will also see their electricity bills reduced by up to £9 a year, according to the Energy Saving Trust.
Environment minister Ian Pearson told the Commons the government was committed to using all suitable policy instruments to remove the least efficient products from UK markets.
He said: “Our current assessment is that, by removing ordinary incandescent lightbulbs (GLS bulbs) from the UK market and encouraging sales of the most efficient alternatives, we could avoid approximately 1m tonnes of carbon emissions per year by 2020.
“The UK cannot unilaterally ban or prevent the free trade in products such as incandescent lightbulbs on the basis of their energy efficiency. However, the government is pressing the European commission to make lightbulbs a priority for regulatory action under the recently agreed eco-design of energy-using products framework directive.”
The lightbulb maker Osram estimates that a power station could be closed down if every household in the UK switched just one of its bulbs to energy-saving versions.
- This is a interesting news 
ENERY SAVING Bulbs…anyone knows if the IKEA types is the best energy saving bulbs?
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