Transcript Low-carbon Life Starts with Me

Low-carbon Life
Starts with Me
Tiens Group
Tiens Meijing International Charity Fountation
2011-03
Low-carbon Life Starts with Me
Introduction
The climate change is currently one of the most severe challenges for the
international society, which has evoked serious concern in all countries for its impact
on human society. In recent years, various extreme climate phenomena led by the
global climate change have frequently occurred all around the world. Before the
irreversible disaster of global warming arrives, we can do nothing but to develop the
low-carbon economy and advocate the low-carbon life to effectively respond to the
climate change; and we can only realize the economic and social sustainable
development by low-carbon development, reduction of carbon use and adaptation to
the climate change
Tiens Group hopes to improve the awareness and competence on energy
conservation and emission reduction of stable consumer groups of TIENS including
more than 20 million households based on the publicity and propaganda of the
scientific knowledge on the low-carbon life, in order to save resources, reduce
pollution, protect the favorable living environment of the earth and initiate the highquality, green and happy life.
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Low Carbon and
Climate Change
According to the research report by International
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average
surface temperature has increased by 0.3-0.6 ℃ in the past
130 years, bringing about snowstorm, flood, lightning strike,
drought and hurricane. The global warming also results in the
glacial collapse and ablation, sea-level rise, lower crop yield
and species extinction etc.
Why does the earth, the pet of the universe, catch a fever?
The atmospheric layer protects the surface of the earth we are
living in. The average surface temperature might be about –
18℃ without the layer, where we should always live in the cold
winter. As a result of the atmospheric layer, the short-wave
radiation from the sun can directly reach the surface from the
layer so that all creatures on the earth can enjoy the warm
sunshine. Meanwhile, the long-wave radiation of the surface
scattering can warm the atmosphere and avoid the
temperature loss. Its insulating effect is similar to the
greenhouse planting flowers, while the atmosphere of the
earth can be compared to the glass of the greenhouse,
realizing the warming effect by permeation of short-wave
radiation and absorption of long-wave radiation. This is the
principle for the greenhouse effect of the atmosphere.
However, not all gases that constitute the atmosphere are
equipped with this function but only six among them,
including the carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, nitrogen
monoxide, freon and water vapor, which are collectively
called “Greenhouse Gases”. Since the start of industrial
civilization, large amount of chemical fuels such as coal,
petroleum and natural gas have been utilized in the
production and living of people, thus a large number of
greenhouse gases including the carbon dioxide have been
exhausted. The increasing proportion of greenhouse gases
lead to the continuous global warming.
The background of the “low-carbon” concept is the
global warming severely challenging the survival and
development of human beings. “Low-carbon” refers to
lower emission of greenhouse gases (mainly the carbon
dioxide). The low-carbon economy indicates the economy
based on low energy consumption, low pollution and low
emission, which is a major progress after the agricultural
economy and industrial economy. It covers nearly all fields,
including the low-carbon life, low-carbon society, lowcarbon city, low-carbon consumption, low-carbon travel,
low-carbon culture and low-carbon household.
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01
Green Travel
By bike or public transport
By bike or public transport
By bike or public transport for a 100-km travel instead of driving
can save approximately 9 liters.
By bus for a 100-km travel instead of driving
can save 5/6 oil.
A 200-km travel in the above way
can save 16.7 liters of gasoline for each person.
Save 1 L of gasoline = reduce the emission of 2.3kg CO2..
100km
saves 9L of oil
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Drive the car for one less day
Drive the car for one less day each week,
can reduce 441kg of CO2 emission each year each car.
Drive the Car for one
less day
Reduces 441kg
emission each year
Reasonable use of car
For car maintenance
Check the tire pressure and engine oil.
Reduce the load when not needed.
Keep an economic speed when driving.
Try to avoid racing the engine when waiting in line.
Avoid racing the
engine when
waiting
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Purchase a car of small-displacement or eco-car
Fuel consumption of the car
often increases with the displacement.
A car of a displacement of 1.3 liters comparing with a car of 2.0
can save oil of 294 liters each year.
To choose an environment-friendly gasoline and diesel fuel
can improve the performance of cars.
And facilitate a more thorough combustion,
thus to reduce the pollution to the air.
Choose the environment-friendly non-petrol car.
Abandon the fuel car,
and use more environment-friendly energy to achieve zero
emission.
1.3L, comparing with 2.0L,
saves 294L of oil each year.
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Electricity Saving
Energy-saving of refrigerators
The refrigerator shall be placed in shady and cool environment,
protected from direct sunshine.
Store appropriate amount of food within the refrigerator,
and keep a gap for cool air convection.
Do not put hot food into refrigerator.
Frozen food to eat shall be put in cooling chamber in advance,
or you can lower the temperature of the cooling chamber.
Defrost the refrigerator and clean the dust on the surface of the
condenser regularly.
Maintain the heat absorption and dissipation of the refrigerator.
Defrost the freezer when the frost layer reaches a thickness of 4-6 mm.
Place in shady and cool
environment
Avoid direct sunshine
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Electricity-saving of
air conditioners
Purchase the product with the energy efficiency label
which can save electricity and money for us.
For air conditioners with equal power, a 0.1 rise in
energy efficiency ratio can save an electricity of 3% 4%.
To adjust the temperature 1℃ higher than the
national advocacy,
will save 22 degrees of electricity of each air
conditioner each year.
Match the horsepower to the size of room.
1 hp for a room of 12 square meters,
1.5 hp for 18 square meters,
2 hp for 28,
2.5 hp for 40,
And 3 hp for a room of 50 square meters.
The outdoor unit shall be kept
from direct sunshine.
It can save electricity by the use of
sleeping mode or economic
operation of the air conditioner.
The air conditioner to be operated,
costs 8W of stand-by power
consumption.
Cut off the electricity for a long idle
time.
Energy efficiency label 1
A 0.1 rise in energy efficiency
ratio can save an electricity of
3% - 4%.
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Electricity-saving of lighting
Electricity-saving of washing machines
Though the price for energy-saving lamp is higher,
it has a longer life and lower electricity consumption.
It has a light effect generally 5 times better than the incandescent
lamp and a service life 6 to 10 times longer than the incandescent
lamp.
Reduce lamps or lower the power of bulbs where no bright light is
needed such as the corridor.
Form a good habit of turning off unwanted lights.
Energy-saving washing machine can save the electricity and water of
respectively 50% and 60% comparing with common washing
machines
The washing time shall be confirmed upon the varieties of the clothes
and the dirt level.
For a same long washing cycle, "weak” washing eats more electricity,
while “strong” washing can prolong the life of the machine.
Try to gather up clothes to wash. 2-minute dehydration is enough.
One minute of dehydration at a rate of 1680 cycles/minute can result
in a dehydration rate of 55%.
A light effect 5 times
better than the
incandescent lamp and a
service life 6 to 10 times
longer
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Choose the energysaving washing
machine
Save 50% electricity
Save 60% water
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Electricity-saving of electric fans
The electricity consumption of the electric fan is 5%-10% of the air
conditioner.
The electricity consumption of the electric fan is in direct
proportion to the speed of rotation,
Varying 40% between the fastest and slowest speed
Make use of Medium and Slow if the demand can be satisfied.
The electricity consumption
of the electric fan vary 40%
between the fastest and
slowest speed.
Electricity-saving of electric rice cookers
The energy-saving electric rice cooker can save nearly 20% of
electricity comparing with general cookers.
When cooking the food in same weight, it can save about 9
degrees of electricity each cooker each year.
Wash rice and immerse it for 10 minutes before cooking with
the electric rice cooker, which can save 10% electricity and thus
save 4.5 degrees for each household each year.
The energy-saving
electric rice cooker
saves 50% electricity
and thus saves 9
degrees for each year.
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Energy-saving of televisions
Television in brightest costs 50%-60% more electricity than darkest.
Adjust the screen into medium brightness for best visual effect and electricity
saving.
It can save 5.5 degrees of electricity for each television each year.
Lower the shower temperature
Lower 1 ℃ of the shower temperature,
which can reduce a 35g emission of CO2 for each person each
time.
1℃
Adjust to medium
brightness to save 5.5
degrees of electricity
for each television
each year.
Lower 1 ℃, reducing 35g
emission for each person each
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Avoid idling of range hoods
Arrange the usage time of the range hood
reasonably.
To avoid electricity waste led by idling of
range hoods
12.2 degrees of electricity can be saved if
reducing 10 minutes of idling of a range
hood.
Timely power-down of electric appliances
The total stand-by consumption of all electric appliances
of a general urban household,
including the television, air conditioner, sound equipment
and microwave etc.,
amounts to 260 degrees each year,
which can light an incandescent light of 30-50 watts.
Total stand-by consumption of
all electric appliances of a
family equals to the
consumption of an
incandescent light of 30-50
watts.
12.2 degrees of electricity
can be saved if reducing 10
minutes of idling of a range
hood.
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Minimize the use of the elevator
Reasonable use of computer and printer
Take the stairs for lower floors.
It can save 10% electricity by opening only part of elevators.
LCD screens can save 50% energy comparing with traditional
CRT screens.
Lower the brightness of desktops to save 30 degrees electricity
for each computer each year.
Cut off the power of the printer when no use, which can save
10 degrees of electricity for each printer each year.
Use the stand-by mode instead of screen protection when no
use, saving 6.3 degrees each computer each year.
Take the stairs for lower floors.
Lower the brightness of
computer screen to save
nearly 30 degrees
electricity each
computer each year.
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Water Saving
Reasonable Bath
Tub bath consumes extremely large amount
of water.
A shower bath can save 170L water each
person each time by comparison.
Avoid long-time shower.
Use water discontinuously. Turn off the
water when rubbing the body.
Shower saves 170L
water each person each
time comparing with tub
bath.
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Use of water-saving taps
The use of sensor-operated energy-saving taps can
save 30% of water comparing with manual taps.
Thus 9.6kg standard coals will be saved for each
household each year,
And an emission of 24.8kg CO2 can be reduced
correspondently.
The sensoroperated tap
saves 30% water
comparing with
manual taps.
Intensified use of water
Clothes shall be gathered up to wash to reduce the times
of washing.
Hand washing is advocated for small or a few clothes,
which can save large amount of water.
Put in appropriate amount of detergent, because too
much detergent may lead to a high waste of water.
Collect all bowls and dishes for washing.
Put in appropriate
amount of detergent,
because too much
detergent may lead to a
high waste of water.
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Multiple use of water
Use the washing water of rice to wash
hands, wipe the furniture and water the
plants.
It is clean, sanitary, natural and
nourishing.
Use the washing water of
rice to wash hands, wipe
the furniture and water
the plants.
Avoid dropping, leaking
and running off of water
A tap dropping water consumes 70L of
water each day.
A tap not tightly closed wastes 2 tons of
water in a month, 24 tons for a year.
To avoid such kinds of waste equals to
save 8.7kg standard coals a year and
reduces an emission of 22kg CO2
A tap not tightly
closed wastes 24
tons of water a year.
Wash vegetables with a
basin below to collect
water
Wash vegetables with a basin below to
collect water instead of direct washing.
It can save 1.64 tons of water for each
household each year.
Wash vegetables with a
basin below to collect
water saves 1.64 tons of
water for each household
each year.
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Reasonable Use of
Paper and Timber
Reasonable use of paper and timer can not only protect the
forest, and increase the CO2 absorption but also reduce the
energy consumption during the processing of paper and
timber and the transportation.
Say no to throwaway chopsticks
80 billion pairs of chopsticks are produced each year in China, the
total length of which equals to 21 times of the distance between the
earth and moon and the total area of which amounts to 363 times of
Tiananmen Square.
Each year, 2 million cubic meters of forests are decreased due to the
production of throwaway chopsticks. A piece of A4paper can be
produced with the timber used for three pairs of throwaway
chopsticks.
Each year, 2 million cubic meters of forests
are decreased due to the production of
throwaway chopsticks.
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Bring your own drinking
cup
Bring your own drinking cup with you to
reduce the use of disposable paper cups.
Bring your own drinking
cup with you to reduce
the use of disposable
paper cups.
Use of recycled writing
paper
The production of a ton of paper made
by raw wood consumes 40% more energy
comparing with the production of 1 ton
of recycled writing paper.
Select e-books and emails
Use e-books instead of printing books.
Replace the paper letters with e-mails.
Replace the paper
letters with e-mails.
The production of paper made by
raw wood consumes 40% more
energy comparing with the
production of recycled writing paper.
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Reduce the use of timber for fitment
If 0.1 cubic meter of timber is spared in the fitment of the 20
million households of Tiens for each year, 500 thousand tons of
standard coals can be saved and an emission of 1.29 million tons
of CO2 can be reduced.
Spare 0.1 cubic meter
of timber to save 500
thousand tons of
standard coals.
Reasonable packaging
To reduce 1kg of
wrapping paper can
save 1.3kg standard
coals and reduce an
emission of 3.4kg CO2.
To reduce 1kg
wrapping paper can
save 1.3kg standard
coals.
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Healthy Life
Low-carbon cooking
Edible oil generates carcinogens when heated, while its oil smoke will pollute the
living environment.
Reduce fried and roasted dishes and boil vegetables more.
Do not over fill the rice cooker and water kettle, or the soup and water will run
over when boiled up, which wastes energy and may lead to gas leak when the fire
is out.
Adjust the scope of the flame to limit it within the outer edge of the boiler base
for better heating effect.
Reduce fried and roasted dishes and boil
vegetables more for nutrition and health.
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Replace the plastic bags with cloth bags
Fewer use of disposable products
Though only 0.04g standard coal can be saved and 0.1g CO2
emission can be reduced from one less plastic bag, 10% reduction
of plastic bags used nationwide can save 12 thousand tons of
standard coals and reduce an emission of 31 thousand tons of
CO2 for each year.
The market is flooded with disposable products, including
disposable tableware, toothbrush, raincoat and sign pen etc.
Disposable products bring us with temporary convenience
but meanwhile the disaster to the ecological environment.
They accelerate the exhaustion of the resources on earth
and generate large amount of garbage that pollute the
environment.
Say no to plastic bags.
Disposable products bring us
with the
disaster to the
ecological
environment
and
accelerate the exhaustion of
resources on earth.
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Be moderate in drinking
(1) Drink one less bottle of beer each month in summer
Beer becomes the very popular drink in the hot summer. If a
person drinks one less bottle of beer each month in summer,
0.23kg standard coals can be saved and an emission of 0.6kg
CO2 can be reduced for a year.
Cut down on drinking, save
grains and keep a low-carbon
health.
(2) Drink 0.5kg of white wine less each year
White wine enriches our lives but also may lead to accidents
easily.
If a person drinks 0.5kg of white wine less each year, it can save
0.4kg standard coals and reduce 1kg of CO2 emission. If the 20
million households of TIENS drink 0.5kg of white wine less each
year, about 8 thousand tons of standard coals can be saved
each year while 20 thousand tons of CO2 emission can be
reduced.
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Reduce smoking
Smoking is harmful to health and consumes energies. Reduction
of 1 cigarette of a day each person can save 0.14kg standard coals
and reduce emission of 0.37kg of CO2 each year..
If the 1.1 billion smokers do so, 158 thousand tons of standard
coals can be saved and 408 thousand tons of CO2 emission will be
reduced.
Smoking is harmful to
health and consumes
energies.
Energy-saving exercises
To avoid or reduce the use of fitness equipment such as the electric
runner to save energies and protect environment.
You can “climb the stairway” upon good ventilation and light
conditions and complete security facilities.
Suggest to adopt outdoor aerobic exercises without energy
consumption.
Healthy exercises, saving
energy and protecting
environment
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Let’s work together
An appropriate response to climate change concerns the economic
and social development and the vital interests of all of us. We
sincerely invite you to the energy conservation & emission
reduction activity of “Low-carbon Life Starts with Me”. Let’s pay
attention to every little detail of our lives to reduce the energy
consumption and carbon emission and spare no effort to construct
the green TIENS and lead the high-quality, green and happy lives.
The beauty of the earth relies on us.
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The 2011 “Earth Hour” will sweep
the globe at the last Saturday of
March
We invite you to join us
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