The Climate Friendly Households (CFH) Programme is a joint effort by NEA and PUB which aims to encourage households to take on climate-friendly action as individuals to reduce energy and water consumption, while saving costs in the long run.
The programme was launched by DPM Heng Swee Keat at the virtual CGS carnival 2020 on 28 November 2020, and aims to provide all 1-, 2-, and 3-room HDB flats with vouchers to offset the cost of energy- and water-efficient household products. The vouchers are valued at $150, $25, and $50 for the purchase of refrigerators, LED lights, and water fittings respectively. The programme will end on 20 Mar 2024.
- The $150 refrigerator e-voucher will help eligible households purchase energy-efficient refrigerators that are rated 3-ticks and above and use climate-friendly refrigerants1.
- The $25 LED e-voucher can cover the cost of 4 to 5 LED bulbs, which are 40% more energy-efficient than compact fluorescent lights (CFL) and can last longer.
- The $50 water fittings e-voucher will be able to offset the cost of switching to 3-ticks water-efficient shower fittings.
Households can save $40 to $120 annually by adopting more efficient refrigerators, LED lights and shower fittings. Collectively, if all 1-, 2-, and 3-room households make the switch to such resource efficient appliances, it would reduce carbon emissions by about 98,500 tonnes (equivalent to taking 31,000 cars off the road) and result in water savings amounting to 400 million gallons (equivalent to 727 Olympic-size swimming pools) annually.
There are 13 participating merchants for the CFH Programme: Audiohouse, Bathroom Warehouse, Best Denki, Chuan Heng Hardware Trading, Courts, Gain City, Harvey Norman, Maayrise, Mega Discount Store, NTUC Fairprice, Signify, Sheng Siong, T.S. Yong Trading.
For more information on the CFH Programme, visit www.go.gov.sg/cfhp
1 Climate-friendly refrigerants refer to refrigerants that have lower global warming potential (i.e. ≤15) (e.g. R600a refrigerant)