Article on saving Electrical Bills

SINGAPORE: It pays to go green - that's the message the South West Community Development Council (CDC) wants to get across to residents, with it's Cool South West! programme.

With the help of the National Environment Agency, it wants to get residents to see that it makes perfect dollar sense to cut down on energy consumption.

Madam Asiah's family pays an average of $200 a month on electricity alone, but with the energy-saving lightbulbs, she can expect the bill to drop by 80 percent.

Organisers also want to encourage households to keep air-condition levels at 25 degrees celsius.

The NEA says that assuming an average household air-con unit is switched on 8 hours a day, simply raising the temperature from 24 degrees to 25 degrees celsius can save up to 470kg of carbon dioxide each year, and $170 on their annual utility bill.

"We are actually promoting awareness that by doing this really it's not just about climate change, just about mitigating climate change, but there are real practical benefits, that is saving electricity and therefore saving electricity bills," said Dr Amy Khor, MP, Hong Kah GRC.

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Recommended to sets temperature at 25 degrees celsius to saves utility bill. As for personal habit, I always sets my room's temperature at 29 to 28 degree celsius. I will on the fan if the weather gets hotter. I am scared of cold! Aircon man scared of cold, what a joke =D