November 11 - International Energy Saving Day. This holiday is very young, it has been celebrated since 2008, which is understandable: humanity has never had such an amount of equipment that requires replenishment of electricity. Why you should 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 perceive the requirements for energy saving as an attempt to save personal finances. And now that many of us have started making good money, the temptation is to allow ourselves to "save for ourselves. "However, saving energy is not only necessary to save your own money. This is good will, a step of a conscious person on the path to environmental protection and care.
- Saving 100 watts of electricity saves 50 kg of coal, 30 liters of oil or 30 liters of natural gas. Natural resources are limited, and electricity is being consumed more and more around the world.
- Electricity generation is often accompanied by harmful emissions into the atmosphere. We consume less - we get less exhaust.
- Save resources for future generations. "Even a flood after us" is a bad ideology for a conscious person.
17 simple energy saving tricks
- Turn off the lights when you leave! He is as old as the world, he has put his teeth on the edge since childhood, but he works flawlessly and for free.
- Replacing the lamps in the house with LED. Hourly savings compared to incandescent lamps are 40 kopecks per lamp. This is really a very profitable event.
- Spot lighting. The use of table lamps, sconces and floor lamps instead of constant light.
- Cleanliness is the key to saving. Clean windows and chandeliers will help you save about a third of energy consumption (compared to dirty).
- Bright walls, ceilings and furniture will also help reduce light on a rainy day by reflecting light.
- Gas stove instead of electric. Replacing a working electric stove with a gas one, of course, will not be of economic benefit. But if you decide to buy a new stove, consider this aspect as well.
- Washing at low temperatures helps save up to 30% energy. You do not need to press at the highest speed. This will save your clothes and your electricity bill will come a little less.
- Use air conditioning economically with doors and windows closed.
- Keep the refrigerator away from the stove or battery.
- If your refrigerator doesn't have a No Frost system, be sure to defrost it regularly.
- Heat tea or coffee water on the gas stove. At the same time, using an electric kettle is more economical than an electric stove.
- For an electric stove, the dishes in which the food is cooked must match the size of the hob. Also, be sure to cover pots and pans while cooking.
- Unplug any appliances you are not currently using. And the phone chargers, and the TV, and the microwave, and the washing machine, connected to the mains, continue to be powerlessly powered. To simplify this process, place the refrigerator on a separate panel and turn off the other devices in the common panel as you leave the house.
- You can turn off the iron about 10 minutes before the scheduled end of ironing.
- When drying your hair with a hair dryer, do not blow dry. This is healthier for your hair than drying it completely dry and can save you some energy.
- Enable power save mode on your widgets.
- Set a dual-tariff electricity meter and use delayed start for washing machines and dishwashers for washing and washing dishes at night.
How to save electricity
- Fraud of management companies. Counter-manipulations lead to its disintegration at best. In the worst case, this can lead to fires and death. If the fraud is discovered, 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 works properly, you don't have to spend money on replacing it. You will get the economic effect of such an event in about 15 years.
- Replacing working wiring also makes sense only if it can't withstand the increased mains voltage. For prevention and energy saving, this also has a dubious economic effect. In the end, replacing the wiring will cost a lot, and the "leakage" of electricity is not very large per year. Thus, it takes 100 years to take advantage of this operation.
Saving resources, a sensible approach to energy distribution (including one's own), thinking about future generations - these are the motives of the conscious modern man. Not excluding personal savings.