10 Power Saving Tips For The New Year…
For a common man, it is quite easy and possible to save power and use it efficiently. I remember studying a unit of energy saved is a unit of energy created!
So some of them I do which I never used to care about before are these. Come to think of it, it is not just about saving power but also improve your equipment/utility life greater.
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1. Never put the TV/Set top box/DVD Player in Standby mode instead switch it off completely.
2. Instead of putting the laptop in standby mode, hibernate it – It not only saves the power but improves the battery life significantly.
3. Set charging of laptop battery to be ‘on’ only on a set limit, say 70% discharged. This helps improve the life of the battery as well as efficient use of energy.
4. Use CFL bulbs instead of normal tube lights. A tube light takes 38W and instead you could have 2 18W CFL bulbs at different corners, it helps improve the energy saving. Say at TV hall if you put 38W electronic tube light have an 18W CFL, you save a lot. It even provides enough lumen to the indoor plants.
5. Use transparent curtains at main rooms (like a HALL), you get these stuff which provides way to sun light to come in (and avoid the usage of electronic lamps) and at the same time serves as the window curtain.
6. WIFI – I live in an apartment complex of 108 flats, I can see pretty much close to 10 access points always on. It seriously is consuming energy and you don’t need it. Switch it on only when you need it. It doesn’t take more than a minute to come up online.
7. Use water heaters diligently, always buy one with a thermostat which cuts off the supply after reaching proper amount of hot water. It is recommended to bathe with light hot water for a healthy life. As well buy appropriate sized water heaters. For a house with 2 people, 15 liters sized is pretty good –> You’ll always get 10L of hot water out of it (the remaining 5 approximately remains in it) which is more than enough (You save energy in the form of water as well).
8. Switch off your work computer if you don’t need it to be ‘on’ when you leave work after a day. At least you could switch off the monitor, and develop a habit of always switching it off even if you go off for lunch. Screensavers are nice but I’d like to save that much energy being sucked off by the pixels.
9. Keep the volume of any device may it be Television or PC; only to the audible level. Volume is directly proportional to the power, means more volume it has to draw more power.
10. Lastly never charge anything overnight (cell phone, emergency lamps etc…). You end up wasting unnecessary energy as well as damage the electronic stuff. |