Energy Efficient Lighting

Take advantage of daylight by using light-colored, loose-weave curtains on your windows to allow daylight to penetrate the room while preserving privacy. Also, decorate with lighter colors that reflect daylight.

Use task lighting; instead of brightly lighting an entire room, focus the light where you need it. For example, use fluorescent under-cabinet lighting for kitchen sinks and counter-tops under cabinets.

Use dimmers, motion sensors, or occupancy sensors to automatically turn on or off lighting as needed and prevent energy waste.

Use compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) in place of comparable incandescent bulbs to save about 50% on your lighting costs. CFLs use only one-fourth the energy and last up to 10 times longer.

Turn your lights off when you leave a room. Standard, incandescent light bulbs should be turned off whenever they are not needed. Fluorescent lights should be turned off whenever you'll be away for 15 minutes or more.

During winter, open curtains on your south-facing windows during the day to allow sunlight to naturally heat your home and close them at night to help keep the heat in.

Energy Efficient Home Appliances And Electronics

Appliances account for about 20% of household energy use. Appliances and electronics really add up on your energy bill. When shopping for new appliances and electronics look for energy efficiency labels.

Air dry dishes instead of using your dishwasher's drying cycle.

Clean the lint filter in the dryer after every load.

Consider air-drying clothes on clothes lines or drying racks.

Consider buying a laptop for your next computer upgrade; they use much less energy than desktop computers.

Don't over-dry your clothes. If your machine has a moisture sensor, use it.

Dry towels and heavier cottons in a separate load from lighter-weight clothes.

Make sure power management is activated on your computer.

In the average home, 75% of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. Plug home electronics into power strips and turn the power strips off when the equipment is not in use.

Wash your clothes in cold water using cold-water detergents whenever possible.

Unplug battery chargers when the batteries are fully charged or the chargers are not in use. Many chargers draw power continuously, even when the device is not plugged into the charger.

Turn off your computer and monitor when not in use.

Use the cool-down cycle to allow the clothes to finish drying with the residual heat in the dryer.

Wash and dry full loads. If you are washing a small load, use the appropriate water-level setting.

When shopping for a new clothes dryer, look for one with a moisture sensor that automatically shuts off the machine when your clothes are dry.

Make your house energy efficient with insulation

Save up to 20% of the energy you use to heat and cool your house. Seal up holes to the outside by weatherstripping doors and sealing windows.

Adding insulation to attics, basements, and crawl spaces provides tremendous energy savings.

Efficient windows can lower the energy used for heating and cooling by up to 30%. If your home has only single pane windows, consider replacing them with energy efficient windows.

For people who live in mobile homes siding skirts insulate against winds in the winter and heat in the summer. The air conditioning ducts are often under the home so the skirts will also help to insulate the ducts.

ENERGY SAVING TIPS

Here are some energy saving tips which are very useful and too easy for put it in to practice. You can save more than 10 % to 20 % energy or more by adopting the simple tips and it will definitely help you to minimize your energy bill, to save your budget and also it will reduce the MW demand

DOMESTIC /COMMERCIAL

01. Clean your tube lights and lamps regularly.
02. Use compact fluorescent tube lights with lower capacity instead of ordinary bulbs.
03. Use fan in summer instead of air conditioner as far as possible.
04. Set air conditioner coolness as per requirement.
05. Use daylight and fresh air by opening windows of home.
06. Use ISI mark appliances.
07. Don’t open and close door of refrigerator frequently.
08. Defrost freezer compartment regularly for a manual defrost refrigerator.
09. Take care for proper closing of refrigerator door.
10. Don't put hot meal in refrigerator.
11. Switch off refrigerator when you go out station.
12. Insulate heater pipes properly.
13. Use hot water as per requirement.
14. Use microwave oven instead of ordinary oven.
15. Turn off computer when not in use.
16. Use water pump as per requirement only.
17. Use washing machine with full load.
18. Dry cloths in open air instead in washing machine.
19. Use solar cooker.
20. Remove un used fixtures.
21. Use light color walls and furniture.
22. Use proper size of motors.
23. Use non-conventional energy as far as possible.
24. Switch off unused lights in lunch break in office.
25. Turn off lights when not in use immediately.

INDUSTRIAL

1. Minimize the use of belts in factory which lost energy.
2. Don't utilize damaged bearings / bushing which lost energy.
3. Use appropriate motor capacity for machine.
4. Use always ISI motors and minimize cable length.
5. Always use required capacity capacitors to correct power factor.

AGRICULTURE

1. Use good quality PVC pipes.
2. Use less resistance foot valves.
3. Keep motor / submersible in good condition and lubricate it regularly.
4. Use appropriate capacity motors as per length and diameter of suction and delivery pipes.
5. Use appropriate shunt capacitor for improve power factor which will reduce consumption.

What is Electricity?

What is Electricity?
Electricity is the flow of current. Due to this flow, a device such as an elecric bulb glows.

Click the switch 'ON', to see the bulb glow.

Click the switch 'OFF', to stop the flow of current.

Observation: The current flows inside the bulb. Also, current is available in the circuit; when the switch is on. When the switch is off, there is no flow of current. So the bulb stops glowing.

This is what Electricity is!

By the use of electricity we can drive motors, electric fans and many electric appliances such as a toaster, a television, an electric iron etc.

Where does Electricity come from?

Electricity is produced in Power Generating Stations. It is produced by rotating thick coils of wire inside very huge magnets.

We transmit electricity through wires.

Firstly, transmission of electricity is made via wires known as 'Transmission Lines' which are strung on towers. These transmission lines terminate in various intermediate places known as 'Sub Stations'. Here the heavy voltage is reduced through a device known as 'Transformers'. Then from the transformers by the use of overhead or underground electric lines, electricity is transmitted to the 'Loadends' (streets, houses, factories, etc.).

It is basically a closed circuit through which electricity flows. We close the circuit with switches. Now, whenever, we switch on any electric appliance (say an electric fan), it works (i.e. in this case the fan rotates). When we switch off, the electric appliance is detached from the electric circuit. So there is no flow of electricity. Hence, the electric appliance does not work.

How does Electricity travel?

Electricity travels through 'Conductors'. A conductor is a material through which electricity flows easily.

Metal is a good conductor. This is the reason why wires are made of metal. Electric wires starting from generating stations to transmission lines to sub stations to transformers and finally into buildings or into your house; are made of metal.
Water is a great conductor of electricity. Please remember that your body contains mostly water. So, electricity can travel through you!

Caution: If electricity travels through you, you may be injured or even killed. So be careful!

Electricity travels in the speed of light i.e. 186,000 miles per second. So it travels much faster than you. It will give you no time to react. So, it is better and safe to be away from electricity.

What are Insulators?

Insulators are used to keep electricity in power lines. Materials like glass, porcelain and plastic are used as insulators in power lines. If the insulator breaks, the power line disconnects from the insulator and as a result of this disconnection, the electric line can fall on the ground and energize the area around. If you touch this line, you will be injured or even killed. Even if the wire falls on your vehicle, it is energized by the wire. If by chance you touch the wire and the ground simultaneously, you will be hurt or killed. So do not touch any electric wire falling out from a power pole.



Rubber and plastic insulators are used around electric wires to keep the electricity inside. So even if you touch such insulated cable, you do not get shock. If the insulation is broken or worn off, the electricity can come through and shock you. Similarly, if you overload an outlet by plugging in too many things, then due to unusual flow of excessive current, the electric wire will over heat the insulator. As a result of this the insulators will burn, which cause shock or fire hazard.

How can Electricity hurt you?

When electricity travels through you, it can hurt you. Usually electricity finds the easiest path to earth or the ground. If you are in between ground and electricity, it will travel to the ground through you and you will experience electric shock. As a result of this, you may be hurt or killed.