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5 April 2009

Earth Hour saved 146,000 kWh of electricity in Dubai

Power consumption in Dubai fell by 146,000 kWh during Earth Hour 2009, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced on Sunday. The reduction in electricity was 46 percent up on 2008 and represented an 88,000 kg drop in CO2 gas emissions. Thousands of Dubai residents, business establishments and organisations switched off unnecessary lighting and electrical appliances, as they joined the global one-hour power down. Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, the managing director and CEO of DEWA, led the official public display of support for Earth Hour. Government officials and members of the public placed more than 5,000 lit lanterns on Arabic and English cut outs of the words Earth Hour to mark the occasion. Mr. Al Tayer said: We wish to thank everyone who participated in Earth Hour. The cut in electricity of 146,000 kWh shows what can be done when people act collectively to save energy. It is vital that people work individually and collectively to reduce energy consumption to protect our Earth. Among the Dubai landmark buildings whose exteriors were plunged into darkness were the Burj Al Arab, Madinat Jumeirah, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, DIFC's The Gate, Emirates Towers and the World Trade Centre. Billed, by the WWF, as a vote for the Earth over climate change, Earth Hour embraced more than 4,000 cities and towns across the globe.