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Haiti | InternationalWith Help From Cuba, Haiti Tries A Switch To Compact Fluorescent Lights
Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group- When you think of a country trying to switch en masse to compact fluorescents (CFLs), your first thought probably isn’t Haiti. But that is just what the island nation is in the process of doing with the help of the Cuban government. Through a widespread national effort, the Haitian government enlisted the help of the Haitian Boy Scouts to go door to door to exchange incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescents.
Sasha Kramer of SOIL, one of AIDG’s partner organizations in Cap-Haitien, reports that the replacement scheme has lead to a decrease in electricity rationing in the city as the stress on the electrical grid has decreased. The residents of Cap that have access to electricity are now enjoying a few additional hours every evening. Cities like Jacmel and Small-Goâve in the south of the country have reported similar positive changes. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE: |
http://www.aidg.org/