Join the Earth Hour and Save our Earth!

    Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) will mark the Earth Hour at Bay Avenue Park. Dewa encouraged all residents of Dubai to participate in the event, which will be organised at Bay Avenue Park from 5pm. Dewa also invited them to be part of the Earth Hour walk, which starts at 8.30pm.


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Earth Hour

Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).  It was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then it has grown to engage more than 7,000 cities and towns worldwide, and the one-hour event continues to remain the key driver of the now larger movement.

Dubai was the first Arab city to participate in Earth Hour in 2009.

If the entire country switches to energy-saving bulbs, energy consumption will be reduced by 340 to 500 megawatts (MW) per year, which is equivalent to not using an average gas power station for six months.

The 24 hours of power conservation will save the Dubai Airport an estimated 300,000KWH of energy which is equal to 129 tonnes of CO2 emissions, more than 23,729 gallons of gasoline, or the same as carbon sequestered by 5,427 tree seedlings grown for 10 years.

Given that 20 per cent of electricity consumed by households globally is used for lighting, by switching to energy-efficient options (including CFLs, LEDs and Halogen bulbs), the country can collectively help reduce its carbon emissions by 9,40,000 tonnes of CO2. That is equivalent to removing 165,000 cars off the road annually. This saves more than Dh660 million per year.