November 11 - International Energy Conservation Day. This holiday is quite young, it has been celebrated since 2008, which is understandable: humanity has never had such a large amount of material that requires replenishment of electricity. Why do you need to save electricity, how to do it right and, more importantly, how not to do it - the article will tell.
Why you should save energy
Since childhood, we have seen energy saving requirements as an attempt to save personal finances. And now, when many of us have started to make a lot of money, the temptation is great to allow “not to save on ourselves”. However, energy conservation is necessary not only to save your own money. It is a good will, an approach of a conscious person on the way to the protection of the environment and its management.
- By saving 100 watts of electricity, you save 50 kg of coal, 30 liters of oil or 30 liters of natural gas. Natural resources are limited and electricity is consumed more and more around the world.
- The production of electricity is often accompanied by harmful emissions into the atmosphere. We consume less - we get less exhaust.
- Preserving resources for future generations. "After us, even a flood" is bad ideology for a conscious person.
17 simple tips to save energy
- Turn off the lights when you go! It's as old as the world, put its teeth on its teeth since childhood, but it works perfectly and for free.
- Replacing house lights with LEDs. Hourly savings compared to incandescent lamps are 40 kopecks per lamp. It is indeed a very profitable event.
- Spot lighting. The use of table lamps, wall lights and floor lamps instead of a permanent ceiling light.
- Cleanliness is the key to savings. Clean windows and chandeliers will save you about a third of your energy use (compared to dirty windows).
- Light-colored walls, ceilings and furniture will also help you turn on the light less often on rainy days by reflecting the light.
- Gas stove instead of electricity. Replacing a working electric stove with a gas stove, of course, will not have economic benefits. But if you decide to buy a new stove, consider this aspect as well.
- Washing at low temperature can save up to 30% energy. It is not necessary to press at the highest speed. You will therefore save your clothes and your electricity bill will go down a bit.
- Use the air conditioner economically with closed doors and windows.
- The refrigerator should be kept away from the stove or the battery.
- If your refrigerator is not equipped with a No Frost system, remember to defrost it regularly.
- Heat water for tea or coffee on the gas stove. At the same time, using an electric kettle is more economical than an electric stove.
- For an electric cooker, the dishes in which the food is cooked must match the size of the hotplates. Remember to cover pots and pans as well during cooking.
- Disconnect all appliances which you are not currently using from the mains. And chargers for phones, a television, a microwave oven and a washing machine, connected to the network, continue to be supplied with meaningless energy. To simplify this process, place the refrigerator on a separate panel and turn off the rest of the appliances on the common panel when you leave the house.
- You can turn off the iron about 10 minutes before the scheduled end of ironing.
- When you blow-dry your hair, don't blow-dry it. It's healthier for your hair than drying it completely and can save you energy.
- Activate the "energy saving" mode on your gadgets.
- Set a two-tariff meter on electricity and use delayed start washing machines and dishwashers to wash and wash dishes at night.
How not to save electricity
- Deception of management companies. The counter manipulations lead to its failure at best. At worst, it can lead to fires and deaths. If the deception is revealed, you will have to pay the difference in testimony and an administrative fine.
- Replacing properly functioning equipment with equipment with a higher energy consumption class If your equipment is functioning correctly, you should not spend money on replacing it. You will benefit from the economic effect of such an event in about 15 years.
- Replacing functional wiring also only makes sense if it cannot withstand the increased grid voltage. For the prevention and conservation of energy, this also has a questionable economic effect. After all, replacing the wiring will be quite expensive, and the electricity "leak" is not very large per year. Thus, it takes 100 years to benefit from this operation.
Conserve resources, approach the distribution of energy (including one's own) judiciously, think about future generations - these are the motivations of a modern conscious person. Not excluding personal savings.