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Environmental Review


            Mr Ng Zhen Hui, the manager of J316, discussed with   two warehouses used to store reconditioned products,
            us  the  electricity  consumption  of  lighting  fixtures  at   and four toilets. There is also power usage for computer
            the  company  premises.  The  lights  are  located  at  two   equipment, air-conditioning and some testing machines.
            offices used for administration and product evaluation,   Associated information is shown in Table 1.




             No.          Location                                         Findings

             1    Office                   The office and meeting room lights sometimes remain on even when there is no one using the
                                           room. There are 10 fluorescent lights used.

             2    Warehouse                There are parts of the warehouse that are seldom accessed. The lights are constantly on. The
                                           company has more than 40 brand new solar panels available that can be used to provide power
                                           for the lighting.


             3    Washroom                 The lights are switched on from Monday to Friday, for 11 hours a day. There are four washrooms,
                                           each fitted with one 18W fluorescent light.


                                            Table 1: Data collection at the various locations.






























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