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Creating awareness on energy management
CHITRA V. RAMANI
BANGALORE
Energy management has come to be very important today. With experts predicting that in the next 50 years we may well have exhausted all the natural resources, energy conservation and management has taken on a new meaning.
It is in this regard that Philips Electronics, India, has embarked on an ambitious plan, titled “School Contact Programme" (SCP), to educate schoolchildren across the country on the importance of energy management. Through the programme, Philips is hoping to reach children from 580 schools across nine cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Kolkata.
Specially designed competitions for students so as to make them understand energy management and energy efficient lighting and its importance in today’s context will be part of the programme. Three winners of the competition will be awarded a scholarship of Rs. 1 lakh each. In Bangalore, the programme will be conducted at Camlin High School and BNM School on December 12.
Conserve energy
Mathew Job, Marketing Director, Lighting Division, Philips Electronics India, said, “Energy management has become more important than ever before.
The SCP is in line with our commitment to create awareness among citizens about energy management. I think it is very important to educate children about the importance of energy management and imbibe in them strong values related to energy conservation.
Through innovations such as Compact Fluorescent Lamps and Light Emitting Diode based lighting solutions, Philips has always been in the fore front of energy management.”
He said that there has been overwhelming response from schools across the country to the programme.
The programme is being conducted as and when the team gets permission from the schools. "Many schools have been successfully planning and executing awareness drives on environmental issues, and Philips is proud to partner with them towards spreading energy consciousness among schoolchildren," he said.
The programme aimed to create an ecosystem comprising industry bodies, governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and education institutions to break down the barriers towards adoption of energy efficient lighting.
Philips had earlier announced various initiatives that the company has undertaken as part of its commitment to energy efficient lighting.
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