LINES OF PEOPLE stretched through the aisles of Sheraton Mall as hundreds took advantage of the fifth LED bulb giveaway.
The initiative is a component of the Energy Smart Fund Energy Efficiency Lighting Distribution Facility, a collaboration between the Division of Energy and Enterprise Growth Fund Limited, along with Barbados Light & Power (BL&P); Caribbean LED Lighting Inc.; the Inter-American Development Bank and Courts.
Business Development manager with Caribbean LED Lighting, T’amor Skeete said the project was an effort to assist Barbadians to become more energy efficient. She said previous similar events had already taken place at Courts branches in the City, Speightstown and Six Roads and they had also done one at BMEX but Sheraton had the biggest turnout.
“This turnout is very surprising; we did not expect this large scale but we have put an orderly system in place,” she said.
Each person who brought a BL&P bill and a form of identification received five six-watt bulbs. The second phase of the project will begin in September. (CA)
Above, some of the hundreds of people seeking the LED bulbs under the watchful eye of mall security. (Picture by Xtra Vision Photography)