At a time when recession and economic downturn is affecting every aspect of life we need to treat this as an opportunity to realign ourselves and rethink what best we can do to conserve more resources. Energy is also such a tangible resource, in short supply; every unit saved can be helpful to light villages in and around our cities and reduce power outages.
All of us should take at least a few small steps to conserve energy, which will help us, and the nation, in the long run. Energy can be conserved in day-to-day life by making small and simple changes in the way we use devices. Here are a few tips that can help achieve results, without compromising on your lifestyle…
Lighting Systems
- The elementary way of conserving energy is through light switches. Turn off lights when not required.
- Maximise the use of automatic devices that help in saving energy. These include infrared sensors, motion sensors, automatic timers, dimmers or solar cells wherever applicable to switch off lighting when not required.
- Use appropriate light fittings as close to the place that requires lighting e.g. a reading lamp focuses light on the desk and is hence the best option, as compared to illuminating the entire room which might require higher wattage of lighting.
- Clean light bulbs and tubes for dust accumulation, since dirty lamps can absorb up to 50% of the light.
- Replace your inefficient incandescent lamp with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) which use up to 75% less energy than conventional light bulbs.
- Unplug all the electrical devices when not in use since it keeps drawing residual current.
- Make a futuristic investment in solar lighting systems, which do not have recurring cost of energy consumption.
Computers
- Turn off office equipment when not in use. If your computer must be left on then at least switch off the monitor since it consumes almost half of the energy required by the system.
- Set computers, monitors, copiers in sleep mode when not in use which can help cut your energy consumption by almost 40%.
- Battery chargers such as for those equipment like the laptop, cell phone and digital cameras draw power whenever they are plugged in also they are quite inefficient devices. Hence pull off the plug when not in use and save the energy.
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