Using less electricity and natural gas will save you money and help improve our impact on the environment. Conserving energy reduces the need to produce energy from non-renewable sources and improves our air quality.
Visit the Oakville Conserves Energy Fair page for more information.
Earth Hour is March 24, 2018 from 8:30-9:30 p.m.! We invite you to join the town in reducing non-essential lighting.
Earth Hour is an annual global lights-out initiative created by the World Wildlife Fund to demand action on climate change. Initiated in 2007, the first ever Earth Hour event was hosted in Sydney, Australia. Since its inauguration, Earth Hour has become an annual international event that unites millions of residents, businesses, and governments around the globe to symbolically demonstrate a shared commitment for action against climate change by powering down electricity use for one hour. Join the movement!
1. Watch Earth Hour’s latest video.
2. On March 24, turn off all non-essential power during Earth Hour:
3. Host an Earth Hour Activity at your home or business! Find more information on the Earth Hour website.
4. Tweet your Earth Hour activity to @townofoakville
Every year the town reduces non-essential lighting in support of Earth Hour. With your participation in 2017, we reduced energy consumption 3.6 percent (6.2 MegaWatts MW), the equivalent of turning off 100,000 60 watt light bulbs. Between 2008, we have saved a total of 85 MW, the equivalent of turning off 1.4 million 60 watt light bulbs!
Let’s keep the momentum going in 2018 and save even more energy this Earth Hour!
For energy conservation tips at home open How To Conserve Energy At Home (pdf).
For energy conservation tips for businesses open How To Conserve Energy At Business (pdf)
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