Press Release
March 30, 2008
Energy savings in B.C. for Earth Hour
VANCOUVER – British Columbians saved 125 megawatts of electricity during Earth Hour, the equivalent of turning off 2.5 million lights. BC Hydro calculates the overall reduction in load was approximately an average of two per cent throughout the entire hour.
If everyone who participated in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 29 from 8-9 p.m. did the same thing every Saturday night, the combined savings would be enough to power 573 homes for an entire year. If British Columbians were to take the same energy conservation measures for one hour every evening, the combined savings would be enough to power more than 4,000 homes for an entire year.
BC Hydro was a supporter of Earth Hour 2008, a global effort to take action on climate change. The World Wildlife Fund began Earth Hour last year in Sydney, Australia. This year, cities and countries around the world participated including 52 cities and towns in B.C.
Individual savings in each community*
| Province-wide | 2% | ||
| Abbotsford | 1.1% | North Vancouver | 7% |
| Burnaby | 2.7% | Port Coquitlam | 6.7% |
| Coquitlam | 5.6% | Prince George | 0.2% |
| Delta | 2.9% | Qualicum | 2% |
| Ladysmith | 4.4% | Richmond | 2.7% |
| Langley | 2.6% | Saanich | 3% |
| Maple Ridge | 2% | Surrey | 2% |
| Nanaimo | 3.5% | Vancouver | 3.5% |
| New Westminster | 1.4% | Victoria | 2.6% |
*Percentages indicate reduction in each community where BC Hydro was able to monitor data.
Contact:
| Gillian Robinson Riddell |
| Media Relations |
| Phone: 604 623 4022 |
| gillian.robinson@bchydro.com |
