How to save Electricity, Water and Gas at Home

Electricity and Water is a essential utility. You cannot stop using them. However there are many ways, means, methods, strategies and techniques on reducing your Consumption and ultimately save yourself and also assist in the sustainable livelihood where you support to save the earth and environment from exploitation. Be a responsible World Citizen. Do your part to save energy sources. Start today...Save Earth..Reduce your Monthly Bills..

Electricity and Water consumption Bills are a major part of Household expenses in many parts of the world. As the cost of energy sources rises, Governments and utility companies are compelled to increase rates. But in many Countries basic units are provided free or a very low rates considering they are essential services. If Consumers can contain their usage within those basic rate, they are able to save a lot as the consumption increases, the rates will increase and what ever units they save will be saved at Higher rate.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Few more Energy saving Techniques, Hints Tips & Tricks

· By locating doors and windows to admit more sunlight to the building you can avoid using electricity for lighting your home or office during the day.

· Fluorescent lamps and energy saving bulbs (CFL) reduce electricity consumption substantially.

· Use of white or light colors for walls, ceilings, curtains, drapes and furniture retains more light within the building and therefore further reduces the cost of lighting.

· Use of transparent lamps and lampshades gives the advantage of changing to low wattage bulbs.

· Iron your clothes and linen all in one go. Do not keep the hot iron upright since more heat will be lost.

· Auto defrost refrigerators consume more electricity. Larger the refrigerator, higher will be the usage of electricity.

· Avoid storing hot / warm food in the refrigerator.

· Do not set the temperature regulator of the refrigerator at high if the quantity of the food within is small. Also, stack food items inside to allow air circulation.

· Select cookers with fully enclosed heating elements.

· Use flat-bottomed saucepans for cooking. Switch off the cookers as soon as your cooking is done.

· Table fans use less electricity than ceiling fans. Use electronic regulators for ceiling fans.

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Top Water Saving / Usage reducing Techniques, Hints, Tips and Tricks

Check whether you Water supply lines, tools have unseen leaks by closing all the Water Taps and other using tools and checking whether the Meter is stopped or running. If the meter running you have to repair your system or it could be fault with the meter (very rarely though)
If your supply water pressure is high, just adjust it using open / close Ball Joint close to the water meter, this saves lot of water wastage.
Use washed water / bathroom water for your garden
Use hose and sprinkler to water your plants, you can make a small sprinkler at home easily
Take a shower not a bath
Try to Fix the water meter in a clearly visual place and keep the targeted Meter No marked close by to immediately identify used no of Units at any given time.
Wash your Plates, Utencils in a Bucket or Basin after all cooking / feeding over at once
Display water saving remarks wherever appropriate
If you find your toilet flushing device using much water than needed while flushing, reduce the size of Flush tank. You could fill op something inside to suit the volume of water inside
Collect rainwater and used them for garden / washing
It is possible to Filter and re-use used water incase of a water scarcity situation

Top Gas /LPG Saving / Usage reducing Techniques, Hints, Tips and Tricks

Use Cookware which heat up soon
Cook with closed Lids wherever appropriate
Use the right size of Cookware, pots for each item, Bigger the Pot more Gas needed
Decide what to cook first, then try any combinations possible (Like you can boil Vegetables and a Egg same inside Rice Cooker)
If 2 type of rice needed to be cooked for the same meal, put the smaller quantity inside main cooker with a enclosure
Always use Pressure cookers to cook rice, grains, potatoes etc.
Check whether you have complete Blue colored flames coming from the Stove / Cooker, If not check the cooker and get repaired
Cook certain foods together for few meals 9such as meat / fish)
Boiling Eggs could be done together and kept for few days in the Refrigerator
Cut food items to small pieces as possible
Cook Items in water before adding ingredients and gravy base like coconut milk or cows milk
Cook on the Low flame as much as possible

Household Power / Electricity Consumption Table

This table shows average consumption of Electricity on a Monthly basis of the commonly used Electrical and Electronic Equipment at Homes :

Apparatus	Wattage	Average use per day-hours	Unit consumption per month
Electric Bulbs	500	4	60
CFL Bulbs	100	4	12
Television / B & W	40	4	5
Television / Color	100	4	12
Table Fan	40	8	10
Ceiling Fan	75	8	18
Electric Iron	750 / 1000	1/4	6/8
Cassette Recorder	10	4	1.2
Refrigerator	100	16	48
Kettle or Heater	1500	1/2	23
Rice Cooker	600	1/2	9
Blender	250	1/4	2
Beater	100	1/4	0.75
Dryer	500	1/4	4
Washing Machine	1500	1/3	11
Floor Polisher	500	1/4	4
Electric Cooker	4000	1 1/2	180
Air Conditioner	2500	8	600
Electric Geyser	3000	1/4	23

Top Electricity Saving / Usage reducing Techniques, Hints, Tips and Tricks

· Make power off fully using Off Button in the Equipment or using power plug switch off option- Remote Control switch off on Electronics is a temporary option and Power is still used to keep the machine standby.

· Keep Refrigerator at a cool dry and air circulating place with enough back space for the Hot air to go away.

· Don’t switch off and on Refrigerators often, it may increase power usage than reduce

· Don’t keep hot items inside the Fridge /Freezer, keep it once cooled down

· If you are not using ICE often, keep the Ice makers away from the Freezer

· Keep meat, Fish etc on the Freezer once you clean them and cut them to real sizes and put them on separate bags in small quantity. This saves a lot as you will not be able to take a small portin from a Meat/Fish without defrosting whole thing if you kept everything together

· Reduce opening Refrigerator often, Try to take whatever you want for cooking once, or try to use a chest freezer if you have to do this often

· Use auto off / Sound Indicator Water heaters / Kettles

· Use CFL bulbs instead of normal incandescent bulbs

· Don’t Switch off your CFL lights, if for a short period

· Try to use adjustable Switches for Lights

· While selecting curtaining for the House, slect light colored curtains

· Windows and Doors should be fixed facing West

· While heating Water, try heating a full of kettle once and keep the balance water in a Thermostat bottle

· Use Energy Efficient Electrical equipment. “Energy Star” logo is marked on such equipment

· Try to Buy LCD computer monitors instead of Old CRT Monitors

· If you use Washing machine, avoid hot water wash option

· Install a high-efficiency shower head. It will lower hot water use by up to almost 50 percent.