Sultan Batterjee Holding Company participated in the Earth Hour this year by launching an initiative of its own — “Green Mosques” — to spread awareness about energy conservation and sustainability.
The program is in line with the company’s corporate social responsibility strategy. On March 30 (Earth Hour 2019), company staff visited the Omar bin Abdul Aziz Mosque in Jeddah’s Al-Salamah District, where they heard an awareness talk about Earth Hour. Participants then replaced the existing interior and exterior lighting in the mosque with LED lighting to save energy. Water faucets used in toilets were replaced and water filters installed. The internal air quality of the mosque was improved by installing a cupboard for shoes at the gate of the mosque.
The CSR project was implemented by IHCC General Contracting in cooperation with GREENER Co., which specializes in sustainability services and energy saving solutions.
In the coming years, the company intends to cooperate with other organizations on Earth Hour day to expand this service to other mosques in Jeddah, in addition to other services related to improving sustainability and energy saving in mosques.
Earth Hour is a global awareness event for individuals and communities that encourages energy saving by turning off unnecessary lights for one hour from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time to raise awareness of the threat of climate change.
The initiative was first launched in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, and since then has grown to more than 7,000 cities and villages around the world.
