WASTING BRING PROBLEMS

Our next experience on 14th September 2009 is about ELECTRICITY that is being used for good (e.g.our comfort) and bad (e.g. due to wastage) around UBD. I was instructed by Dr. Irene to survey around Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies (FBEPS). I was joined by my partner in mission Asri Hj Mohamed, he is also instructed to survey the same faculty with me.

Let me explain first about wastage, wastage means the act of wasting something or the state of being wasted; it is not only on electricity but others too like water, foods, money and many more. In our country the usage of electricity per capita is the third highest after Japan in this region and the second highest around ASEAN country after Singapore.

Let’s get back to our mission… we started our mission from the entrance of the faculty; firstly we found that the florescent lamp is switch on even though it was a very blazing day. Secondly the halls, almost every lamp in the halls is switch on, even though there is a notice to remind to switch off the lights when not in use. Thirdly the rooms, it is like a habit to abandon the rooms with the air condition and lights switch on, even some of the lecturer rooms are doing the same things (maybe to provide a place for the penguin from the polar to come due to global warming) and the wire extension is a mess, this can invite a danger like a blaze of fire that can occur if the wire or extension is faulty. Fourthly the common-room, this room provides a comfort like Television, DVD, water heater and an oven, all of it is switch off and being plug off from the wall, finally we found a good example of good electricity usages.

All of the above wastage mention can bring problems such as give burden to the government to pay the bill for fruitless usages of electricity, it is not worthed. The government pays a lot of money on electricity.

Last but not least, we as a concern people can make a little change, a little change but can make a very big differences... Brunei Darussalam has already started a project the largest photovoltaic solar power plant of its kind in Southeast Asia and expected to be commissoned in 2010. The project is seen as a major step to promote the development of renewable energy in the country. At least Brunei is trying to reduce greenhouse effects which cause climatic changes.