The Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ) was established in 1978 to promote “the efficient use of energy, protection of the global warming and sustainable development.”
I love their poster with sumo wrestlers urging people to keep the A/C at 28 C this summer. Are we going to win this battle or not?
省エネ夏場所 (Shou Ene Natsu Basho)
= Save Energy Summer Fight
Watch more Sumo Natsu Basho on Youtube! Want to save electricity? I recommend Mr. Electricity's guide to saving energy in your home.
4 comments:
I refuse to keep my A/C at 28C!
In fact, I refuse to turn it on at all. ;^) We have one, but haven't used it since moving in 4 years ago.
Today you guys had 27 degrees while we had 33.7 here. So, you don't get bragging rights for today!
I didn't use air conditioning when I lived in southern California either, and the temperatures used to exceed 37C every summer.
Humans have thrived without A/C until the last few decades. It simply isn't a necessity. If some buildings have been designed in such a way that requires A/C to be habitable, that is a failure of architecture and engineering that needs to be addressed. And lets green up those cities while we're at it.
Our high here today: 31C. ;)
That's great. Architects have a lot to answer for. Also, I wish we had more trees for shade.
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