For the 6th consecutive year, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched its annual ‘Tips before Travelling,’ which is part of its annual ‘Let’s Make This Summer Green’ campaign. The tips include a number of simple steps and guidelines for customers to follow before going on holiday or leaving their homes for long periods of time during the summer. This ensures they conserve electricity and water, while maintaining the safety of homes and belongings. The list of tips includes switching off lights, unplugging electrical appliances and electronics, using a specialised technician to check water connections to make sure there are no leaks, and shutting off the water supply to avoid any water leakage.
“As part of its role as a socially-responsible government organisation, DEWA puts environmental protection and sustainability of natural resources at the forefront of its priorities. We work to raise awareness among society about the importance of rationalising energy and water use, reduce waste, and follow safety guidelines. This is done through an integrated set of initiatives, programmes, and awareness activities throughout the year to encourage people to adopt a conscious and sustainable lifestyle. This supports DEWA’s strategic objectives and its vision to become a sustainable innovative world-class utility,” said Amal Koshak, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications at DEWA.
Sultan Al Zaabi, Acting Senior Manager of Demand Management & Tariff at the Power & Water Planning division at DEWA, noted that ‘Tips before Travelling’ aims to remind community members of the importance of taking some simple steps before travelling for the summer vacation. This contributes to conserving electricity and water, avoiding waste, and reducing costs. Devices that are connected to electricity all the time, even if they are not running, consumes about 5-10% of electricity at home. Wasting one drop of water each second in case of a small leakage in kitchen connections for example, could waste 32,000 gallons of water per year if not fixed.