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Posts under ‘Energy Waste’
Plant’s waste management plan would cost less than incinerator
SCMP I refer to the report (“Sewage could be energy source, scientist says”, September 28). While the studies of Herbert Fang, chairman of environmental engineering at the University of Hong Kong, should be encouraged, I wish to point out that the use of sewage sludge as a refuse derived fuel is not an entirely new [...]
Call For TVs To Carry Energy Labels
Green group pushes for flat-screen televisions to show power use by law Cheung Chi-fai – Updated on Jan 31, 2009 – SCMP Flat-screen televisions should carry mandatory energy-efficiency labels, a green group says, as concern grows about how much power the sets use. The call comes as the European Union considers banning plasma television sets [...]
A Little Knowledge Goes A Long Way In Saving Energy
Updated on Jan 31, 2009 – SCMP Television has long been regarded as something that no home can do without. Yet most people know little of what it costs. It may come as a surprise that TVs add more to Hong Kong’s household electricity bills over a year than any other common appliances except air conditioners and [...]
Complaints Over Lights Double
Martin Wong, SCMP – 8 Jan 09 Complaints over lights have doubled, the environmental secretary revealed yesterday. Edward Yau Tang-wah said the number of light-pollution complaints was 82 last year, compared with 40 in 2007 and 35 in 2006. In view of energy wastage, the government would launch a consultancy study, exchange views with environmental [...]
Greens Cite Cancer Risk in Call to Dim Lights
Peter So and Tiffany Lam, SCMP – Updated on Dec 08, 2008 More than 1,300 street lights on residential buildings are a cancer risk for residents, a green group has warned. Friends of the Earth said it wants the government to speed up efforts to reduce their glare and, while conceding that about 600 of [...]
Burning Issue For Beijing
Underground coal fires are blazing out of control on the mainland, contributing greatly to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions Tim Johnson – SCMP | Updated on Nov 17, 2008 The barren hillsides give a hint of the inferno underfoot. White smoke billows from cracks in the earth, venting a sulfurous rotten smell into the air. The [...]
Brand-name Shops Accused Of Light Pollution
SCMP | Updated on Oct 31, 2008 A green group has accused five brand-name shops of excessive use of lighting on their outlets’ exterior walls and in advertising that has caused electric-light pollution in Central. The five shops are Louis Vuitton in The Landmark, H&M in Queen’s Road Central, the flagship shop of Coach in [...]
Should There Be Laws To Control Light Pollution?
SCMP | Updated on Oct 31, 2008 It seems that people are becoming more aware of the effects of climate change. We appreciate the threat posed by greenhouse gas emissions. Yet although people have this awareness, many do little in the form of practical action to curb the effects of global warming. We must address [...]
Hong Kong Night Light Pollution Under The Spotlight
James Pomfret – Reuters | Wed Oct 22, 2008 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong may be known as the Pearl of the Orient for its bright-light, big-city allure, but the ubiquitous practice of keeping neon signs and buildings blazing all night has come under growing fire from green groups. One of the world’s most [...]