environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

Hong Kah North

ECO Living Programme April 2011
known as ECO Singapore

Contact Person : Philipp Steinkemper

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

ECO Living Programme April 2011

ECO Living Programme @ Hong Kah North

Venue: ITE College West

Date: 29.04.2011
Time: 2pm – 4pm

Overview

ECO Living Programme 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
 environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

Hong Kah North

ECO Living Programme April 2011
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
 environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

Hong Kah North

ECO Living Programme April 2011
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
 environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

Hong Kah North

ECO Living Programme April 2011
known as ECO Singapore

Our Youth. Our Future.

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

Partnering Organisations:

ECO Living Programme 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

*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