The agricultural electricity-eating monster has finally been done away with
Do you know how much your household spends each month on electricity? Which appliances at home silently keep pushing your electricity bill over the limit?
Summer is almost here. Turning off lights when you leave a room and setting the air conditioner to 26 degrees or above - are these old sayings about saving energy and cutting carbon really enough to help you save electricity?
Saving energy is producing energy. Since the year before last, the Homemakers United Foundation has been looking for simple, practical tips for saving energy in daily life. This year, we want to go further and turn slogans and knowledge into a physical energy education base, spreading the message that saving energy as an individual or a household does not require living a life of hardship and endurance. Instead, you can choose suitable methods based on your own needs, conditions and living environment, and steadily move toward an energy-saving lifestyle. At the base, to help the public really feel energy, we will also set up a power-generation experience area where you can pedal to generate one kilowatt-hour of electricity.
We invite you, who want to promote household electricity saving and also want to help other households save electricity, to join our team of base docents. From May to October we will offer a series of docent courses, including how to understand your electricity bill, find the appliances at home that consume electricity, manage home appliances, and also use dental floss boxes to make fun handmade miniature power plants, energy-saving and healthy electric pot cooking and more. We hope that through concrete action and practice, saving electricity will no longer be just a slogan, and will begin to sprout everywhere in countless households!
■ Training goal: After completing the training course, docents can explain energy-saving knowledge at the energy education base.
■ Who we are recruiting:
1. You, who want to take energy-saving knowledge one step closer to action.
2. You, who are willing to promote energy-saving knowledge to more people
3. The foundation will arrange docent frequency and time slots according to docents' availability.
■ Number of recruits: 20 people
■ Course fee: 1500 yuan deposit; fully refunded after missing at most 2 classes and completing the trial presentation. (DIY material fees are separate)
■ Registration period: 4/18 (Tue) to 5/10 (Tue)
■ How to register: https://www.beclass.com/rid=1939fa25714a15bcb347
After receiving the online registration success message, please transfer the 1500 yuan deposit within 3 days to the account below
Account name: Homemakers United Foundation Environmental Protection Foundation
Bank name: Bank of Taiwan (code 004) / Gongguan Branch (code 0347)
Account number: 034-001120366
After transferring, please email your name, transfer time and the last five digits of the transfer account number, with the subject line "Registration for Energy Docent Training", to the organizer's specialist Ms. Lin at [email protected] to complete registration.
■ Organizer: Homemakers United Foundation Environmental Protection Foundation
■ Training schedule: May to October, starting 5/18 (Wed), every Wednesday morning 10:00~12:00. For the detailed schedule, please see the training content.
■ Training location: Homemakers United Foundation Environmental Protection Foundation (5F-1, No. 4, Lane 160, Section 3, Tingzhou Road, Taipei City)
■ Training content:
[Stage One] Basic training course (Wednesdays 10:00~12:00, 2 hours each time, 7 classes totaling 14 hours)
| Date | Course name | Hands-on activity | Instructor |
| May 18 | A comprehensive look at climate change and energy | Getting to know each other | Specialist Lin Yahui |
| May 25 | The importance of reducing demand: starting from our electricity needs | Where are the electricity-guzzling monsters? | Hong Shenhan / Deputy Secretary-General, Green Citizens' Action Alliance |
| June 1 | Household energy saving made easy | Understanding your electricity bill | Instructor Chen Shuyu |
| June 8 | Low-carbon living - starting from food and housing | Electric pot cooking makeover | Specialist Lin Yahui / Instructor Chen Shuyu |
| June 15 | The journey of power generation | DIY: Hand-generate one kilowatt-hour of electricity | Nian Zhonglin / Solar lecturer, Bureau of Energy |
| June 22 | Energy picture books | Energy Monopoly | Specialist Shen Baoli |
| June 29 | Group discussion & energy base hardware docent skills and demonstration | ||
[Stage Two]
(1) Held from August to October, inviting different experts to share their experience and knowledge, together with solar talks and low-carbon mini trips
| Date | Course name | Instructor |
| August 3 | From green buildings to green living | Xie Menglin (invitation pending) / Winner of the National Golden Award for Architecture, Environmental Protection and Energy Saving Award |
| August 17 | Save your own electricity yourself | Huang Jiancheng (invitation pending) / Expert in energy equipment planning |
| August 31 | Refrigerator organizing techniques | Yang Xianying (invitation pending) / Instructor, Yonghe Community College |
| September 14 | Prepare a low-carbon trip for yourself | Xie Biru / Board member, Nature Trail Association |
| October | Low-carbon mini trip-1 | |
| Low-carbon mini trip-2 |
※For the solar talks on 8/10, 8/24, 9/7 and 9/21, you must attend one session
(2) Between July and September, you must complete rotation presentations, observation and internship. After passing the docent assessment, trainees will be issued a docent certificate
■ Contact: Homemakers United Foundation Environmental Protection Foundation, Specialist Ms. Lin 02-2368-6211#17 [email protected]
■ Event website: http://www.huf.org.tw/event/content/3503