ECO Living Programme at Lor Lew Lian Buzz 1 Report

ECO Living Programme 2011 - 2012 environmental challenge organisation (singapore)
known as ECO Singapore
Contact Person : Tan Yi Han

Executive, ECO Living Programme
Contact No. : (65) 91700320 Our Youth. Our Future.
Email : yihan.tan@eco-singapore.org Society Reg. No: ROS326/2002
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Charity Reg. No: 1739
ECO Living Programme @ Lorong Lew Lian
Operations: The first Buzz session
Venue: Blocks 1 – 8, Lorong Lew Lian

Date: 2 April 2011
Time: 9.15am – 12.30pm
Overview
ECO Singapore is organising an ECO Living Programme for blocks 1 to 8

at Lorong Lew Lian in conjuction with Braddell Heights Zone ‘B’
Residents’ Committee (RC) with volunteers from Starbucks.
ECO Living Programme is a community grassroots programme that aims

to relief the burden of low/ middle-income families while doing our bit
for the Earth. We will do this by performing energy, water and waste
audits in HDB households in order to identify and advise on areas for
improvement. It would be a yearlong programme that will continuously
engage residents and encourage them to make a commitment to
change.
Some of the Starbucks volunteers went for a briefing session on 31

March conducted by ECO Singapore.
Objectives
 To get residents to understand

about the ECO Living Programme
and how it would benefit them.
 To get residents to sign up for the
ECO Living Programme
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Our Youth. Our Future.

Overview of the first Buzz
Society Reg. No: ROS326/2002
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Three representatives from ECO Singapore as well as the RC
Chairperson met up at 8.30am to prepare the necessary logistics at the
Community Hall near block 5.
The first Starbucks volunteers arrived at 8.45am and 85 Starbucks

volunteers in total turned up. At 9.15am, we started to divide the
volunteers into groups of three and assigned them to the 8 blocks. Each
block would have one block IC. Several Starbucks managers were also
present and were an invaluable aid in helping to organize the
volunteers.
A final briefing was conducted to run through with the volunteers to key
points to communicate to residents, the things to note, how to fill up the
sign-up form. Finally, we did a role-play to simulate a pair of volunteers
visiting 2 residents.
At 10pm, the volunteers collected their logistics. Each group would get
a reusable bag containing a lanyard, a clipboard, reminder cards, 2
posters, an info sheet with typical utilities bill savings, and a sign-up form.
The volunteers then fanned out to the various blocks to do the pitch.
By 11.45am, all the volunteers had completed their allocated units and
returned to the Community Hall.
After all the logistics were collected, a mass debrief was conducted. At
12.30pm, the programme officially ended.
Results
A total of 98 households units signed up for the programme, out of 1084

in the adopted precinct. About 1 in 3 households who were at home
signed up.
However, the majority of the households were not at home.
Feedback
Some of the volunteers were not present for the briefing on 31 March
and consequently could not communicate to residents how the actual
audit would be conducted. An additional info sheet will be given to the

volunteers in the second Buzz to list down clearly how
they should pitch to residents.
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As anticipated, language problems were encountered. For example,

some residents could only speak dialect. In the second Buzz, volunteers
with the necessary language ability would be assigned to follow up on
these identified households.
The logistics prepared will also be increased to cope with volunteers

turning up that may not have previously registered or anticipated to
come.
Arrangement of the volunteers is challenging without a good estimate

on who are coming. Hence, on the second session, we will work on
anticipating last minute add on, and work with the Starbucks team for a
quick way to sort them out.
The volunteers not only had a good experience in going to these

household, but also learned to appreciate their own circumstances are
very much more privileged than others.
All in all, the sign-up rate was encouraging and the volunteers definitely
learnt a lot and built up their confidence in terms of reaching out to the
public.

Partnering Organisations:
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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:
Braddell Heights Zone ‘B’

Residents’ Committee
Starbucks Singapore
Pte Ltd

Appendix A (Savings infosheet)
Air-conditioning
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Action $ saved per year
Use the fan instead of air-conditioner $600
改用电风扇，不用冷气
Switch from 4-tick to 1-tick model $350

购买电器时，买有四个勾的能源标签
Avoid placing appliances which emit $80 for bar fridge

heat eg. bar fridge, in air-conditioned
room
Clean the filter regularly $60

定期清洗
Set the temperature higher $20 per 1oC

调高冷气温度
Lighting
Action $ saved per year
Use natural lighting $80 per incandescent bulb
Replace incandescent light bulbs with $15 per bulb

energy-saving light bulbs
改用省电灯泡

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Appendix B (Sign-up form)

Appendix C (Poster)
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ECO Living Programme 2011 - 2012 environmental challenge organisation (singapore)

known as ECO Singapore

Contact Person : Tan Yi Han

Charity Reg. No: 1739

ECO Living Programme @ Lorong Lew Lian

Operations: The first Buzz session

Venue: Blocks 1 – 8, Lorong Lew Lian

ECO Singapore is organising an ECO Living Programme for blocks 1 to 8

ECO Living Programme is a community grassroots programme that aims

Some of the Starbucks volunteers went for a briefing session on 31

 To get residents to understand

Our Youth. Our Future.

Charity Reg. No: 1739

The first Starbucks volunteers arrived at 8.45am and 85 Starbucks

A total of 98 households units signed up for the programme, out of 1084

However, the majority of the households were not at home.

Our Youth. Our Future.

Charity Reg. No: 1739

As anticipated, language problems were encountered. For example,

The logistics prepared will also be increased to cope with volunteers

Arrangement of the volunteers is challenging without a good estimate

The volunteers not only had a good experience in going to these

Our Youth. Our Future.

Charity Reg. No: 1739

The partner organisations for this event are:

Braddell Heights Zone ‘B’

Our Youth. Our Future.

Charity Reg. No: 1739

Switch from 4-tick to 1-tick model $350

Avoid placing appliances which emit $80 for bar fridge

Clean the filter regularly $60

Set the temperature higher $20 per 1oC

Replace incandescent light bulbs with $15 per bulb

Our Youth. Our Future.

Charity Reg. No: 1739

Our Youth. Our Future.

Charity Reg. No: 1739

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