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Student’s Reflection

The environmental review Report writing for this project was not easy, as it had
project taught me a lot of to be detailed and organised. With guidance from our
skills such as how to review teacher, Mr Tang, we were able to complete the project
the environmental impact of a report according to the requirements given out by the
business and communication, Professor.
report writing, and
presentation skills. Through Lastly, this project has helped me improve my
the guidance of Professor Jeff, presentation skills. I learned how to make the
Chee Keat I learned many new points presentation while summarizing the key points.
about environmental review.

We decided to focus on were electricity, water, and waste
for this environmental project. For J316, we focused I discovered that an
on the electricity consumption at the company. After environmental review has
the environmental review, we pitched the idea to the the potential to benefit and
company on using renewable energy from solar panels improve SME’s environmental
to run the company’s operation. The amount of energy performance financially. I also
collected from the solar panels currently available is have many ways of improving
enough to supply power for the lights at the company. the environment from the other
Environmental Sustainability
Additionally, from our inspection, we saw that the team presentations. I have
warehouse and toilet lights are switched on from the Jerard also learned how to calculate
start to the end of the company’s daily operating hours. C0 emissions and convert them into the correct units.
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Therefore, we recommended the company deploy I also learned how to understand how the government
motion sensors to save electricity consumption when calculates our utility bills, and it has inspired me to
not in use. It was an excellent experience to find ways look at my home utility bill and learn how to reduce it.
to help the company reduce carbon emissions by up to During the site visit, I saw the installation of the eight
45kg per month. solar panels and was proud to see the completion of the
project’s first phase. I am very thankful to Prof Jeff for
I have also learned the importance of good letting me participate in this project, guiding me through
communication. Being able to communicate smoothly a meaningful journey, and all teachers for listening to
and accurately with the company helped us in the steady our presentation.
completion of the project. Although the pandemic
caused a delay in this project, good communication
between the parties helped us achieve the project goals.

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