Category: Environment EN

Avoiding air-conditioner use to save energy can pose challenges, especially in a hot climate, but SMK Datuk Hj Mohamed Nor Ahmad in Bukit Gelugor, Penang has not let this prevented the school from inculcating energy-saving habits in students. To optimise health and safety, the school uses a practical approach of balancing students’ well-being and needs with good environmental care. Energy...

Conserving energy in schools often translates into energy efficiency, sustainability, and cost savings. For SMK Convent Butterworth, there is additional value in implementing energy-saving activities – it has created awareness in students and teachers about the importance of judicious energy use, and has developed a spirit of cooperation and responsibility in students. “Students have become...

SMK Kampong Kastam Butterworth in Penang – one of several schools involved in CAP’s energy-saving project – is seeing a positive outcome from various energy-saving initiatives implemented in the school. One big difference seen is in the school’s monthly electricity bill, which is now RM1,000 lower than a year before. A teacher and some students from the school share their successful...

The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) have jointly submitted a memorandum titled "Malaysia Must Move Towards Zero Waste: The Case Against Waste-to-Energy Incineration" to the Prime Minister, relevant Ministries and agencies on 14 August 2024. The memorandum urges cancellation of the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration projects in Malaysia and calls...

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The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) have jointly submitted a memorandum titled "Malaysia Must Move Towards Zero Waste: The Case Against Waste-to-Energy Incineration" to the Prime Minister, relevant Ministries and agencies on 14 August 2024. The memorandum urges cancellation of the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration projects in Malaysia and calls for...