Earth Hour Cuts Energy Use in Dubai
Posted March 31st, 2008 by HaraBara
More stories from: United Arab Emirates
"Earth Hour" is a rolling global voluntary one-hour blackout on March 29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour). In some places people participated but didn't really affect electricity use (http://www.stuff.co.nz/4457620a11.html). But in Dubai there was a significant reduction in electricity demand. During the hour that people turned off unneeded lights and appliances, and some buildings cut exterior lighting, Dubai's power use dropped by about 2.5%. According to the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority about 100,000 kWh of electricity was saved, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 60 tonnes. More details here: http://www.dubaicityguide.com/geninfo/news_dtls.asp?newsid=12177
Posted by David at HaraBara http://www.harabara.com
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Spotted a related item: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/515176-dubai-summit-targets-carbon-footprint, "According to the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), the city has one of the highest per capita energy consumption rates in the world."
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