Green policy a problem, says expert Cheung Chi-fai – Updated on Jan 31, 2009 – SCMP The government has wrongly believed that environmental protection was just about saving energy, and its green policy might create long-term problems, a leading academic says. Ron Hui Shu-yuen, of City University’s department of electronic engineering, said that banning fluorescent [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
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 [...]
Beijing To Help Pay For Green Cars
Peggy Sito and Reuters – Jan 28, 2009 Beijing will subsidise purchases of clean-energy vehicles in 13 mainland cities in a move to encourage carmakers to build environmentally friendly vehicles. The trial scheme would promote the use of electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles by public transport operators, taxi companies and postal and sanitary services in [...]
Jiangxi To Build Waste Power Generation Plant
ChinaCSR.com – January 22, 2009 Nanchang Municipal City Appearance and Environment Management Bureau has signed an agreement with Hong Kong-based Baimashi Green Energy Investment Company to build a waste-burning power plant in Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi. This is reported by local media to be to be the first project of its kind in [...]
Those Who Dare May Gain
David Chan, SCMP – Updated on Jan 21, 2009 Investment opportunities remain in the mainland property market despite the effects of the global financial crisis, and one emerging asset class that may reward investors are “green” buildings. Part of the 4 billion yuan (HK$4.54 billion) stimulus package unveiled recently was earmarked for the development of [...]
Electric Vehicles Are China’s Imperative
SCMP – Jan 17, 2009 China does not usually attract much notice at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. But mainland carmaker BYD has caused quite a splash at the annual car show this week. As we report on our Motoring page today, it is showing a purely electric car with a driving [...]
Kwai Chung College Gives Green Light To Solar Power
Colleen Lee, SCMP – Jan 17, 2009 A secondary school in Kwai Chung is to go green and use solar energy to power lighting on two of its floors from April. Wong Shiu-hung, principal of the Kwai Chung Methodist College, said he expected the initiative to cut about 30 per cent of the school’s electricity [...]
Switch On To Green Lifestyle
SCMP – Updated on Jan 10, 2009 A number of your correspondents have written to these columns about energy saving light bulbs. These light bulbs are collected for recycling in Hong Kong. Improper disposal may lead to pollution. However, proper use and disposal leads to massive environmental advantages – saving energy, saving the Earth’s limited [...]
When The Grass Is Greener On The Inside
Tim Woodward, SCMP – Updated on Jan 09, 2009 When she renovated her home in Idaho, Jeri Rutherford found a way to go green – literally. A 170 sq ft dining-room addition has helped cut her power bills by up to 20 per cent. And it brought a lush, if small, island of greenery to [...]