KIUC Linemen All Geared Up - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
KIUC Linemen All Geared Up - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
KIUC Linemen All Geared Up - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
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CFL Means Conserving,<br />
Fundraising and<br />
Learning!<br />
Energyefficient bulbs will help residents<br />
reduce energy use and save money<br />
6 <strong>KIUC</strong> CURRENTS<br />
From October to December, Blue Planet<br />
Foundation and <strong>KIUC</strong> invites school and sports<br />
groups to host compact fluorescent light<br />
exchanges that double as fundraisers. Groups will<br />
be paid 40 cents for each bulb they replace to<br />
reward them for educating others about energy<br />
efficiency and reducing Hawai‘i’s dependence on<br />
foreign oil.<br />
These exchanges will give residents the<br />
opportunity to swap their old, incandescent bulbs<br />
for free, energysaving CFLs. Since CFLs use 75<br />
percent less energy than conventional bulbs,<br />
participating residents will reduce their energy<br />
consumption and lower their electricity bills.<br />
The CFLs are supplied by the Kaua‘i Energy<br />
Efficiency Project (KEEP)—a partnership between<br />
Blue Planet Foundation and <strong>KIUC</strong> that introduces<br />
residents to the benefits of energy efficiency.<br />
“It’s a winwinwin situation,” said Ivory<br />
McClintock, a Kaua‘i native and program specialist<br />
at Blue Planet Foundation. “Students get to learn<br />
about the importance of our energy<br />
independence while fundraising and saving<br />
energy for their community.”<br />
According to McClintock, who spearheads the<br />
KEEP program, this will be the first of many<br />
initiatives to help residents save energy on Kaua‘i.<br />
Another program to watch for will be an energy<br />
competition to help people not only change their<br />
energy consumption, but the way they think<br />
about using energy.<br />
Schools are not the only ones that will be<br />
exchanging bulbs in the community. Local<br />
businesses took on this program as a service to<br />
their community throughout September. Mahalo<br />
to Kaua‘i Mini Golf, Kilauea Menehune Food Mart<br />
and Subway, Kilauea Shell, Kapahi Menehune