2026 Earth Hour Challenge: One Hour, No Power

Join us in support of Earth Hour 2026

UBC Okanagan’s Sustainability Office invites you to participate in the campus-wide challenge of Earth Hour: One Hour, No Power. Let’s show how UBCO can conserve energy.

How to Participate

• Turn off lights in unoccupied spaces campus-wide during the one-hour challenge
• Contribute to energy conservation
• No registration is required

Small Actions, Big Impact

Did you know flipping a switch in spaces with occupancy sensors can save 30 minutes of unnecessary energy consumption? Remember to turn off lights when leaving:

• Offices
• Meeting Rooms
• Classrooms
• Labs
• Residences

Call for Volunteers

The Sustainability Office is seeking Earth Hour volunteers to help audit building areas, identifying where lights are left on and where they were turned off. As a volunteer, you will:

• Walk through select campus buildings from 12 noon to 1 pm
• Log all instances of where lights are left on or turned off in unoccupied spaces
• Turn lights off in unoccupied areas

Sign up here

Which building will show the greatest energy reduction during the one-hour challenge?

Let’s make a positive impact together

This event is provided in partnership with the UBCO Sustainability Office and FORTISBC.