ECo Living @ South West

environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

known as ECO Singapore

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Philipp Steinkemper, Yihan Tan Executive, ECO Living Programme Our Youth. Our Future. (65) 82656955, (65) 91700320 philipp.steinkemper@eco-singapore.org Society Reg. No: ROS326/2002
Charity Reg. No: 1739

ECo Living @ South West July 2011

Venue: ITE College West Date: 29.04.2011 Time: 2pm 4pm Overview ECo Living @ South West is a year-long community grassroots programme that aims to relief the burden of low/ middle-income families while doing our bit for the Earth. Energy, water and waste audits in HDB households are performed by volunteers in order to identify areas for improvement. The theme for this time was Energy. A healthy turnout of 120 students from ITE College West volunteered to go door-to-door to conduct the audits. The day before the audit, a briefing was conducted at the ITE College West campus for the new student volunteers. Most of the students had already taken part in the previous audits. This is helpful in building up a relationship between students and residents.

*SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link, #04-01 GRID New Media Studios, Singapore 237978 http://www.eco-singapore.org I Tel: (65) 6333 5543 I Fax: (65) 6333 5537
Registered Address: 10 Anson Road, International Plaza, #15 -14 Singapore 079903

ECo Living @ South West

environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

known as ECO Singapore

Our Youth. Our Future.

Society Reg. No: ROS326/2002 Charity Reg. No: 1739

Objectives - To motivate volunteers to see their role as being change agents - To empower volunteers with the technical knowledge to conduct a simple energy audit for air-con, fan and refrigerator use - To understand the operational flow of the execution of the Energy Audit visit Overview Energy Audit 2 will especially focus on the topics Air Conditioning and Refrigerator. Training session for Energy Audit 2 was at ITE College West at the 29th of May, 2pm to 4pm. The session was broken into three main parts: 1. Presentation 2. Role playing of approach 3. Debriefing and addressing outstanding queries

*SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link, #04-01 GRID New Media Studios, Singapore 237978 http://www.eco-singapore.org I Tel: (65) 6333 5543 I Fax: (65) 6333 5537
Registered Address: 10 Anson Road, International Plaza, #15 -14 Singapore 079903

ECo Living @ South West

environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

known as ECO Singapore

Our Youth. Our Future.

Society Reg. No: ROS326/2002 Charity Reg. No: 1739

Details of training for Energy Audit 1 We gave a short overview of the purpose and procedure of ELP for the benefit of the first-time volunteers. Then, we explained how an energy audit requires more than just looking at the utilities bill and is actually a process of facilitating change in the client. To do so, we need to create a vision for them to see and give concrete steps they can take towards that vision. We would also need to overcome their resistance to change. The volunteers were then taught how to estimate the energy usage of air-cons, fans and refrigerators, as well as give specific tips to reduce this usage. The volunteers also had the chance to familiarise themselves with the operational procedure and the forms they would be using for the actual day. Finally, some of the volunteers role-played various scenarios and everyone had a chance to comment and suggest improvements.

*SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link, #04-01 GRID New Media Studios, Singapore 237978 http://www.eco-singapore.org I Tel: (65) 6333 5543 I Fax: (65) 6333 5537
Registered Address: 10 Anson Road, International Plaza, #15 -14 Singapore 079903

ECo Living @ South West

environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

known as ECO Singapore

Our Youth. Our Future.

Society Reg. No: ROS326/2002 Charity Reg. No: 1739

Partnering Organisations: ECo Living @ South West would not be possible without the continuous support from our partner organisations through the opportunity and resources they provided. The partner organisations for this event are:

ITE College West

RC Hong Kah North Zone 6

National University of Singapore

Philips

South West CDC

*SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link, #04-01 GRID New Media Studios, Singapore 237978 http://www.eco-singapore.org I Tel: (65) 6333 5543 I Fax: (65) 6333 5537
Registered Address: 10 Anson Road, International Plaza, #15 -14 Singapore 079903