By MOHAMED KHAIDIR MOHAMED ZARAAI
SUBANG JAYA: Taylor’s University Community Service Initiatives (CSI) encourages the use of
stairs on campus through a lift reformation project launched as part of the Eco Campaign in June.
CSI collaborated with TU Facilities, Environment, Health, Safety and Security
Administration (FEHSSA) to implement the pilot project in Block C.
Currently, the first lift on the left of the building stops on all floors as usual; the second lift has been sequenced to stop only on odd-numbered floors; and the third lift serves only even-numbered floors.
According to FEHSSA Senior Sustainability and Projects Manager Edward Chong Eu Siang,
Lakeside Campus spends an average of RM4.5 million per year on electricity bills alone.
“Hence the Eco Campaign was conceived with the key objectives of driving towards our
Energy Savings initiatives and promoting a healthy lifestyle at the same time,” he said.
The lift lobby on Block C level one was plastered with a large wallpaper showing messages such as “Regular use of the stairs will improve leg strength and aerobic capacity”, to encourage Taylorians to cut down on the use of lifts.
Chong said, “Our aim is to be the first private university in Malaysia to achieve ‘Green Campus’ status by 2020.”
Eco Campaign Assistant Director Tan Vee Yen, 21, said, “We plan to reduce the energy consumption in campus by 20 percent towards the end of this year.”
The Primary Education major added that the lift reformation project is also to increase time efficiency as the lift does not have to stop at every floor.
According to Tan, CSI will carry out a survey in consideration of implementing the lift reformation project in all blocks after the Eco Campaign, which ends on 25 June.
Some students shared their thoughts on the energy conservation initiative.
Biomedical Science major Zaihasniza Zahidi, 22, said, “I think this initiative will be successful because I can see many people take the stairs even without looking at the lift, and they went up to the eighth floor.”
Foundation in Natural and Built Environments lecturer Shazreene Nurjanna Shamsuddin said, “Using the staircase initiative is a good idea but I don’t know whether it can work.
“My class usually at level one and my office at level five, so I will use the lift, unless if my destination is one level down, I use the stairs,” she said.
stairs on campus through a lift reformation project launched as part of the Eco Campaign in June.
CSI collaborated with TU Facilities, Environment, Health, Safety and Security
Administration (FEHSSA) to implement the pilot project in Block C.
Currently, the first lift on the left of the building stops on all floors as usual; the second lift has been sequenced to stop only on odd-numbered floors; and the third lift serves only even-numbered floors.
According to FEHSSA Senior Sustainability and Projects Manager Edward Chong Eu Siang,
Lakeside Campus spends an average of RM4.5 million per year on electricity bills alone.
“Hence the Eco Campaign was conceived with the key objectives of driving towards our
Energy Savings initiatives and promoting a healthy lifestyle at the same time,” he said.
The lift lobby on Block C level one was plastered with a large wallpaper showing messages such as “Regular use of the stairs will improve leg strength and aerobic capacity”, to encourage Taylorians to cut down on the use of lifts.
Chong said, “Our aim is to be the first private university in Malaysia to achieve ‘Green Campus’ status by 2020.”
Eco Campaign Assistant Director Tan Vee Yen, 21, said, “We plan to reduce the energy consumption in campus by 20 percent towards the end of this year.”
The Primary Education major added that the lift reformation project is also to increase time efficiency as the lift does not have to stop at every floor.
According to Tan, CSI will carry out a survey in consideration of implementing the lift reformation project in all blocks after the Eco Campaign, which ends on 25 June.
Some students shared their thoughts on the energy conservation initiative.
Biomedical Science major Zaihasniza Zahidi, 22, said, “I think this initiative will be successful because I can see many people take the stairs even without looking at the lift, and they went up to the eighth floor.”
Foundation in Natural and Built Environments lecturer Shazreene Nurjanna Shamsuddin said, “Using the staircase initiative is a good idea but I don’t know whether it can work.
“My class usually at level one and my office at level five, so I will use the lift, unless if my destination is one level down, I use the stairs,” she said.