No Air Con Night is Green Sense annual energy saving event. We aim to bring out the importance in reducing greenhouse gases and saving energy by turning off the air conditioning while the outdoor temperature is below 27 degree Celsius.

All citizens should rethink how their habits rapidly affecting our natural environment. In order to ease the global warming, wisely use of air conditioning should be promoted and action should be taken immediately.

“Parent-child Nature Fun Day at Tai Po Kau” is one of the environmental education activities in the No Air Con Night 2023. By using the five senses and emotional experiences, tutor from Gaia Education Limited will lead the participants to relish the Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve. The love of nature will be nourished between children and parents. In the air-con-free environment, the power of life by the breath in the woods, the touch of trees and the water flow can be experienced.

Date: 7 October 2023 (SAT)
Time: 09:30-15:00＊Please bring your own vegetarian / vegan lunch
Asembly time and location: 09:30 at Exit B, Shatin Railway Station
Activity location: Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve
Target: Children age 3-6 and their parent(s)
Max number of participant: 20
Fee: $100 each (Coach transfer included)

Enroll HERE: https://forms.gle/qBzeUBGVo81GH84c8

Successful participant will receive confirmation email for further payment details.

Payment is non-refundable. Enrollment is on a first-come-first-served basis.

More about No Air Con Night 2023 http://greensense.org.hk/noaircon

The details are listed in the following:

“No Air Con Night” is a territory-wide energy saving campaign started in 2010 to promote the wise use of air conditioning held by Green Sense. We aim to bring out the importance in reducing greenhouse gases emission and saving energy through this event.

In the post COVID era, we resume face-to-face environmental education activities in schools and more activities for the public are coming.

The purpose of the school seminars is to raise the understanding of the climate change and extreme weather, and threats to human being and the ecology. Energy saving actions are encouraged to change the boiling future.

On the other hand, serial air-con-free outdoor events will be held in the Autumn, including: Tsui Hang Night Safari, Parent-child Play at Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve, Astropark Stargazing Night, and Green Camping Experience Day. All are welcome to connect with the nature, and enhance the interactions with the natural environment.

Online registration is not necessary this year. We hope for everyone to ease the “global boiling”, by wisely use of energy in order to reduce the greenhouse gases emission.

We should rethink the energy consumption habits that may rapidly affect our environment. Take a step in turning off the air conditioning while the outdoor temperature is below 27 degree Celsius!

More about No Air Con Night 2023: http://greensense.org.hk/noaircon

Today is Green Sense “No Air Con Night”. This annual energy saving event aims to promote green practices and encourage people to bear the responsibility as a member of the earth village.

To call for more “low carbon” actions, such as wisely use of air con and energy, less meat, more vegetables and less food miles, select second-hand clothes and upcycle, walk more and drive less, we presented “low-carbon” habits at the mini game booth in last month, in relating the actions to the arctic iceberg and polar bears.

We believe the general public may rethink their daily lives and carbon emission. The extended “very hot” days after the mid-autumn festival are the signs of global warming. It cannot be eased by staying at air-conditioned indoor all day and night. Instead, air-con-free cooling methods can be applied at household.

This year we continue to promote the idea of “Turning off the air con when the outdoor temperature is below 27 degree Celsius”. Let “No Air Con Night” be a connection to the nature, to let us feel the weather and seasons’ change, in order to tackle the climate change and global warming.

Until 7th Oct 2022, over 80 thousand households have signed up for “No Air Con Night 2022”! This year, with the significant support from 11 Universities and Higher Education Institutes, and 353 Schools (including 70 Secondary Schools, 123 Primary Schools and 149 Kindergartens), thousands of students, staff and parents have the chance to understand the importance in saving energy and the practice of green lifestyles. Some schools also held different kinds of energy saving activities in response to this campaign, including fun video produced by students echoing No Air Con Night.

Moreover, 274 companies and organizations have pledged to join “No Air Con Night 2022”. Over 1200 buildings and housing estates have called for the support from their colleagues, residents and tenants, and some of the property management offices to turn off the air con. They posted No Air Con Night posters and display the paperless promotion on the e-panels.

It is our honour to gain the generous support from the Hong Kong Observatory and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, and having dozens of Government departments and related organizations, such as Auxiliary Medical Service, Buildings Department, Government Property Agency, Hong Kong Customs & Excise Department. Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hongkong Post, Information Services Department, Labour Department, Lands Department, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, Office of the Communications Authority, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong, Securities and Futures Commission., hospitals under Hospital Authority are actively promoting our event to their Civil Servant teams.

We are also grateful to have Futou Annie dance and chord for “No Air Con” theme song, from her famous song “夏日熱辣辣” with lyrics re-written. The videos have been published on the social media these weeks.

Meanwhile, a Chinese slogan writing competition about “No Air Con Night” was held last month. 628 writings were received in total. Creative ideas about keeping cool and the global warming situation were addressed. The key message from many of them were ”Energy saving”& “Take eco-action”.

Celebrities of different sectors have supported “No Air Con Night 2022”, including:

w   Dr. CHENG Cho Ming (Director of HK Observatory)

w   Mr. SHUN Chi Ming (Former Director of HK Observatory)

w   Mr. LAM Chiu Ying (Former Director of HK Observatory)

w   Mr. LEUNG Wing Mo (Former Assistant Director of HK Observatory)

w   Futou Annie (Musician)

w   per se (Hong Kong Music Band)

w   Miss Cecilia CHOI (Actress)

w   Miss SHAM Lok Yi(Actress)

w   Mr. MOK Ho Kwong (Founder of Natural Network)

In the previous decade, “No Air Con Night” ceremonies were held in an outdoor air-con-free venue. Even the ceremony cannot be held due to the pandemic for the 3^rd year, we believe more and more people value fresh air and air-con-free outdoor environment with natural breezing.

More details about the event: http://greensense.org.hk/noaircon

To call for more “low carbon” actions, such as wisely use of air con and energy, less meat, more vegetables and less food miles, walk more and drive less, we present these “low-carbon” habits at the mini game booth, relating the actions to the arctic iceberg and polar bears.

We believe, not only parent-child groups can enjoy the mini game, but also the general public may rethink their daily lives and carbon emission. The “very hot” days after the mid-autumn festival are the signs of global warming. It cannot be eased by staying at air-conditioned indoor all day and night. Instead, some cooling methods are also introduced at the promotion booth. Photo props are also provided at the booth. Everyone is welcome!

The event details are listed as below:

No Air Con Night 2022: Mini Game Booth at Citywalk
Date: 24 – 9 – 2022 (Sat)
Time: 14:00 – 17: 00
Venue: Nature Walk A, G/F, Citywalk, Tsuen Wan
Citywalk is the venue sponsor of this event

No Air Con Night 2022: Mini Game Booth at Infinitus Plaza
Date: 30 – 9 – 2022 (Fri)
Time: 12:00 – 16: 00
Venue: Shopping Arcade Atrium, G/F, Infinitus Plaza, Sheung Wan
Infinitus Plaza is the venue sponsor of this event 

More about No Air Con Night: http://greensense.org.hk/noaircon

“No Air Con Night” is coming for the 13th year in 2022. We call for turning off the air con on that night, in cooling down the Earth. Some people may start to reduce the use of air-conditioning at home by joining the campaign.

sThis year, we continue to promote the idea of “Turning off the air con when the outdoor temperature is below 27 degree Celsius”. Let “No Air Con Night” be a connection to the nature, to let everyone of us feel the weather and seasons’ change, in order to tackle the climate change and global warming.

We believe a change starts day-to-day. To ease the Global Warming and extreme weather, we are responsible for reducing the greenhouse gases emission and implementing green living. When we rely on cooling our room temperature by air con, the weather will be hotter and hotter, which is trapped in a vicious circle. A better way to cool down is turning off the air con.

In the coming August to October, public engagement activities such as a slogan competition (Chinese only) 《無冷氣夜標語創作比賽》is for all ages with prizes. And “No Air Con Night mini game booth” will be held in September.

Please follow Green Sense Facebook Page for more details.

More about No Air Con Night：http://greensense.org.hk/noaircon

Easing global warming starts with a simple action! We are happy to announce that, until yesterday (6^th Oct 2021) 12:00, over 70 thousand households have signed up for “No Air Con Night 2021”! This year, with the significant support from 11 Universities and Higher Education Institutes, and 316 Schools (including 59 Secondary Schools, 110 Primary Schools and 147 Kindergartens), thousands of students, staff and parents have the chance to understand the importance in saving energy and the practice of green lifestyles. Some schools also held different kinds of energy saving activities in response to this campaign.

Moreover, 224 companies and organizations have pledged to join “No Air Con Night 2021”. Over 1300 buildings and housing estates have called for the support from their colleagues, residents and tenants, and some of the property management offices to turn off the air con. They posted No Air Con Night posters and display the paperless promotion on the e-panels.

It is our honour to gain the generous support from the Hong Kong Observatory and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, and having dozens of Government departments and related organizations, such as Architectural Services Department, Buildings Department, Civil Aid Service, Drainage Services Department, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Estate Agents Authority, Government Property Agency, Hongkong Post, Labour Department, Lands Department, Planning Department, to actively promote our event to their Civil Servant teams.

We are also grateful to have Futou Annie perform a “No Air Con” theme song, from her famous song “夏日熱辣辣” with lyrics re-written. This theme song will soon be published on our social media platforms; other celebrities of different sectors have supported “No Air Con Night”, including:

- Dr. CHENG Cho Ming (Director of HK Observatory)

- Mr. LAM Chiu Ying (Former Director of HK Observatory)

- Mr. LEUNG Wing Mo (Former Assistant Director of HK Observatory)

- Mr. Vincent NG Ka Him (Freelance Journalist)

- Miss Cecilia CHOI (Actress)

- Mr. MOK Ho Kwong (Founder of Natural Network)

More about the participation list: https://en.noaircon.com/participation

This year, in order to link the use of air con with the outdoor temperature, we encourage the general public to pledge for turning off the Air Con when the outdoor temperature is below 27 degree (Celsius). After the mid-Autumn Festival, the average nighttime temperature was lower than in the summer. Therefore we promote to turn off the air con when the outdoor temperature is cooler.

Previously a writing competition for Primary School students about “A week without Air Con” was launched, which allowed all of us to rethink the use of air con in daily life. We should wisely use the air con responsibly, in order to save energy and to mitigate global warming. Totally there were nearly 300 writings received, with creative ideas about keeping cool at home in summer. The key message from many of them was “Stay Calm and Cool”.

In the past 9 years, we have host a “No Air Con Night” ceremony in an outdoor air-con-free venue. Even we cannot host a ceremony due to the pandemic for the 2^nd year, we believe more and more people value fresh air and air-con-free outdoor environment in the era of mask-wearing.

We thank all of you to turn off the air con and cool the Earth together! Please continue to support the “No Air Con Night” and sustain in the wise use of energy!

More details about the event: https://en.noaircon.com/activities

Territory-wide campaign “No Air Con Night 2021″ is coming for 12 consecutive years. We call for turning off the air con on that night, in cooling down the Earth. Some people may start to reduce the use of air-conditioning at home by joining the campaign. Therefore we encourage the member of the public to “Turn off the air con when the outdoor temperature is below 27 degree Celcius”. Let “No Air Con Night” become a habit, not only for one night! It can be today, tomorrow and every night!

We believe a change starts day-to-day. To ease the Global Warming and extreme weather, we are responsible to reduce the greenhouse gases emission and implement green living. When we rely on cooling our room temperature by air con, the weather will be hotter and hotter, which is trapped in a vicious circle. A better way to cool down is turning off the air con.

In the coming August to September, public engagement activities such as a lyrics competition of《夏日熱辣辣—無冷氣版》https://youtu.be/znbGpYaTGfc, “No Air Con Week Writing Competition”, “Creative Cooling Method Challenge” are for all ages with prizes. Please follow Green Sense Facebook Page for more details.

More about No Air Con Night：http://greensense.org.hk/noaircon

Over 90,000 households support the 11th No Air Con Night

Turning off the Air Con, Cooling the Earth

The “11th No Air Con Night” was successfully held on 9th October, 2020, Friday. This annual energy saving event aims to promote green practices and encourage people to bear the responsibility as a member of the earth village.

Easing global warming starts with a simple action! We are happy to announce that over 90,000 households have signed up for “No Air Con Night 2020”! With reference to an air con consuming 1kWh of electricity per hour, turning on the air con for 8 hours would equate to emitting around 4.43kg of carbon emission. Referring to the participation date of 90,000 households in this year’s “No Air Con Night” (from 7pm to 7am the next day) would decrease electricity consumption by 1080MW, while reducing 598 tons of carbon emission.

This year, with the significant support from 49 Universities and Higher Education Institutes, and 287 Schools (including 55 Secondary Schools, 115 Primary Schools and 117 Kindergartens), thousands of students, staff and parents have the chance to understand the importance in saving energy and the practice of green lifestyles. Some schools also held different kinds of energy saving activities in response to this campaign.

Moreover, 246 companies and organizations have pledged to join “No Air Con Night 2020”. Over 1400 buildings and housing estates have called for the support from their colleagues, residents and tenants, and some of the property management offices to turn off the air con. They posted No Air Con Night posters, stickers and display the paperless promotion on the e-panels.

It is our honour to gain the generous support from the Hong Kong Observatory and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, and having dozens of Government departments and related organizations, such as the Transport and Housing Bureau, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Buildings Department, etc., to actively promote our event to their Civil Servant teams. We are also grateful to have the support from over 57 District Council Members. They have published posts on the social media to show their supports.

Apart from political, business and educational parties, we have specially invited a rapper from HKGolden Music to perform the theme song and filmed music video for “No Air Con Night 2020”, arousing support from the general public! This year we also invited Sham Lok Yi, a local artist and Green KOL, to film a promotional video for “No Air Con Night”. In the video, Sham introduced different creative methods for cooling down when not using the air con. She also encouraged us to save energy and reduce carbon emission, as well as joining the “No Air Con Night”.

This year, celebrities of different sectors have supported “No Air Con Night”, including:

• Mr. PANG Yiu Hung, JP (Director of Electrical & Mechanical Services (Ag.)
• Dr. CHENG Cho Ming (Director of HK Observatory)
• Mr. LAM Chiu Ying (Former Director of HK Observatory)
• Futou Annie (Musician)
• Mr. MOK Ho Kwong (Founder of Natural Network)
• Ms. SHAM Lok Yi (Artist)
• Miss Cecilia CHOI (Actress)
• Ah Jeng (Radio DJ)

More about the participation list: https://en.noaircon.com/participation

Apart from inviting celebrities to support “No Air Con Night”, we are also aware that a number of public figures, including radio presenter, writer, and artist, have encouraged the public to join the event on their social media pages. Meanwhile, various online information platforms helped to promote this year’s “No Air Con Night”. We are motivated by the active responses public figures and the media have shown towards the event, which also reflects our society’s increasing awareness towards environmental issues.

This year, under the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures, we launched a new online activity for “No Air Con Night”– “Party Guess with the Polar Bear”, which allowed us to interact with the public via social media. In a video clip, an actor in a “Polar Bear” costume demonstrated a list of movements representing environmentally friendly and climate change messages. Dozens of participants got the correct answer and will receive a reusable umbrella bag. The reusable umbrella bag is an environmentally friendly gift and can substitute single-use umbrella bags. Through this activity, we hope participants and the public can learn to use the air con responsibly, to save energy and to mitigate global warming. We would like to thank the participants who joined this activity.

In the past 9 years, we have host a “No Air Con Night” ceremony in an outdoor air-con-free venue. This year we cannot host a ceremony due to the pandemic, but we are glad that different sectors have still shown their understanding and support for this event.

We thank all of you to turn off the air con and cool the Earth together! Please continue to support the “No Air Con Night” and sustain in the wise use of energy!

Before this special day, this Polar Bear has something to say.

Does anyone speak for it?

If you speak for the Polar Bear, we can give you an umbrella coat to avoid single-use plastic bag✅

Click and view the video now~

⭐How to play⭐

1. Like and Share this video on our Facebook / Instagram / YouTube Channel✅
2. Comment the words Polar Bear trying to say

The best 150 participants will be contacted afterwards for the prize.

Hints can be found at the No Air Con Night website: https://en.noaircon.com/

We appreciate the support from the following sponsors, supporting organizations and green partners:

New World Development, Hongkong Land, Sino Group, CLP Power HK, Hong Kong Housing Society, Hysan Development, Swire Properties, U Magazine, Hong Kong Free Press, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Hong Kong Observatory, New World First Ferry, Hong Kong Green Building Council, Hong Kong Tramways, Ho Koon Nature Education Cum Astronomical Centre, The “Star” Ferry, and Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong