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K. JESHI
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An opportunity for students from across the country to get involved in energy management.
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Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Need of the hour: Use energy effiecient lighting.
School children from across nine cities in India will now have an opportunity to learn about energy management, participate in competitions and also win a scholarship worth Rs.one lakh. Courtesy— the School Contact Program (SCP), a project launched by Philips Electronics India Limited, to educate school children across India on the importance of energy management.
“‘Catch them young’ is the keyword,” says Mathew Job, director-marketing, lighting division, Philips Electronics India about the program. “We want to imbibe strong values related to energy conservation, beginning with schools. The children in turn take the message back to their homes,” he adds.
The SCP will reach out to 580 schools, a cross section of schools covering CBSE, ICSE and State board schools across nine cities in India which includes Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Coimbatore.
Expert talk
As part of the programme, lighting experts interact with students on energy based topics. Audio-visual presentations will take them through understanding the concept, and the ways and means to ensure energy management. This will be followed by specially designed competitions such as quiz for students on energy management and energy efficient lighting and its importance in today’s environment.
A poster contest will be announced and the entries will be judged at the city level and the national level.
Three winners will be awarded a scholarship of Rs.one lakh each on a nationwide basis. “So far we have covered more than 300 schools and we plan to extend it till the end of January,” he adds. On the energy scenario, Mathew Jacob says according to the International Energy agency, lighting is responsible for 19 per cent of the world’s electricity consumption.
“In India, 18,000 megawatt power annually is used for lighting purposes alone, a large part of which can be saved by using Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). Energy efficient lighting technology developed over the last two decades offers significant savings in energy and reduction in carbon dioxide emission,” he says.
Philips has plans to tie-up with State government bodies and organisations such as The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to take the initiative on energy efficient lighting to a bigger level.
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