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Enigin Update - Don't Save The Cheerleader & Save The World

Enigin Update - Don't Save The Cheerleader & Save The World

Professional baseball in South Korea is planning to go green by installing electricity-saving equipment to reduce energy use, but that is not all.

With a nod back to a popular television program - that suggested saving the cheerleader would save the world - the opposite could be said to be true in South Korea, because baseballs cheerleaders are being cut from "half-time" entertainment in the interests of saving energy, money and the planet.

To save time on the field and thus reduce energy use they plan to phase-out the "half-time", during which players take a five-minute break, the field is cleaned and cheerleaders entertain the crowd.

New lighting systems designed to use less power and installation of solar panels are two of the more traditional energy saving measures, but they will be not be reducing the number of night games.

As far as game play is concerned they plan to reduce that as well, the pitchers will be timed to deliver the ball to the plate quickly. With new rules stating that a pitch must be thrown within 12 seconds after the batter is set in the box.

A pitcher will be warned for a first tardy delivery and batters will earn a 'ball' in the strike count for each subsequent late pitch.

Enigin recognize that behavioral change is vital in saving energy, and it is a measure that they educate their clients about when they have installed the real-time energy monitor Eniscope.

Changes in practices, such as are being taken in South Korea, alongside the installation of energy saving technology, such as lighting controls, will produce substantial energy savings that protect the bottom line of any business, whether in professional sports or the commercial world.

According to a study by the Korea Energy Management Corporation the South Korea baseball leagues plan is expected to cut energy costs by about 275 billion won ($238.3 million) a year.

So the cheerleaders will do their bit, how? Well, by not doing their bit!

Friday 19th February 2010