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ENERGY SAVING TIPS
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IN HOME APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICITY SAFETY
The Domestic Sector accounts for 30% of total energy consumption in the country. There is a tremendous scope to conserve energy by adopting simple measures.
This information is a guide, which offers easy, practical solutions for saving energy in Home Appliances. Please, take a few moments to read the valuable tips that will save energy & money and ultimately help conserve our natural resources.
It would be useful to know which gadget consumes how much electricity. Economic use of home appliances can help in reducing electricity bills.
Lighting
• Turn off the lights when not in use
• Take advantage of daylight by using light-colored, loose-weave curtains on your windows to allow daylight to penetrate the room. Also, decorate with lighter colors that reflect daylight
• De-dust lighting fixtures to maintain illumination
• Use task lighting; instead of brightly lighting an entire room, focus the light where you need it
• Compact fluorescent bulbs are four times more energy efficient than incandescent bulbs and provide the same lighting
• Use electronic chokes in place of conventional copper chokes
Computer
• Turn off your home office equipment when not in use. A computer that runs 24 hours a day, for instance, uses - more power than an energy-efficient refrigerator.
• If your computer must be left on, turn off the monitor; this device alone uses more than half the system's energy.
• Setting computers, monitors, and copiers to use sleep-mode when not in use helps cut energy costs by approximately 40%.
• Battery chargers, such as those for laptops, cell phones and digital cameras, draw power whenever they are plugged in and are very inefficient. Pull the plug and save.
• Screen savers save computer screens, not energy. Start-ups and shutdowns do not use any extra energy, nor are they hard on your computer components. In fact, shutting computers down when you are finished using them actually reduces system wear - and saves energy