Archive for January 17th, 2010
Protect the Environment by Joining the Saving Energy Competition
In the recent time, the life of the people in the earth becomes more and more in danger, since the nature has already shown that somehow it is “tired” with the excessive exploration that is done by human to the natural resources all over the world. So many things and disasters are showing themselves since human does not preserve the natural environment around them. The natural resources becomes more and more extinct, such as the existence of the coal that is thinner and thinner because it is used as the fuel to produce many kinds of energy in people’s life, including electricity.
One development in solving or maybe reducing the excessive exploration of the natural resources of the earth has been done by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in order to invite people in the saving energy programs to preserve the earth. The program is done in the form of competition sponsored by NYSERDA to make the New York Citizen to join the Shining Example Competition. The winner of this contest will have the opportunity to win a free compact Energy Star qualified fluorescent light bulb home makeover, a free home performance assessment, and the possibility of being featured in the NYSERDA television commercial and many other interesting prizes.
The New York citizens are able to join the competition by submitting a 90-second video or 250-words essay that shows the reason behind their switching to Energy Star qualified fluorescent light bulb and what it is meant for them, their lives, and their environment. The program has saved more than one million megawatt hours of electricity because of the installment of 16.9 million FLB all over the state. It means that the power of electricity that is saved is similar to more than 165, 000 houses per year. It is hoped that the other states or even other nations can follow the good will of the New York Government to protect the environment.