To date, the largest amount of electricity on Earth is produced from impossible sources (burning oil, gas, stone and brown coal).The reserves of these fossils are not unlimited, so electricity in the foreseeable future will increase in price unless scientists develop new cheap and highly efficient ways to use the potential of unconventional energy sources (sun, wind, heat and treatment).
Electricity saving by optimizing its consumption
First of all, you should consider whether in some cases it is possible to completely refuse to use electrical appliances or to reduce the time of their operation.You must pay attention to the following points:
- If possible, use the day day to increase the maximum lighting of the room.Regular washing of windows, raised blinds, open curtains will allow you to turn on the lighting later, which will generally give noticeable savings per month.In addition, light wallpapers or paint on the walls and ceiling can be returned to 80% of the sunlight, while in the room it is noticeably lighter than during repair, made in dark colors.
- Ground bulbs, and especially the ceiling, increase the light output of the device by 10-15%.If you are using a clean chandelier with an open ceiling, you can wrap a light bulb.
- It is advisable to buy the above chandelier with the possibility of separately including some of the bulbs.When watching a television program itself, a lamp will be sufficient and will use full lighting when receiving guests.
- Combined lighting (sconces on walls, floor lamps, table lamps) not only saves electricity at home, but also a way to create the necessary atmosphere in the rooms of the necessary atmosphere (business, romantic, comfortable) for all cases.With the proper use of local lighting, the common can be minimized.
- Light should not burn in rooms that are not currently used.This habit with certain efforts is produced by all family members for several months.If there is no one in the house or apartment, then it is advisable to exclude all power devices except for the refrigerator.
- The standby devices do not consume as much electricity, but if you remember how many such devices are in the house, it will be clear that a significant part of the energy is almost consumed.For example, a simple speaker speaker system requires 11 W/h.
- The check and replacement of the old wiring will not be superfluous in both savings and fire safety.The number of trinity, adapters and extensions should be minimized as their use leads to an increase in network resistance and energy loss of up to 30%.It is better to install a few more sockets more when replacing the wiring.
How to save electricity using energy saving technologies
Almost all more or less decent modern companies producing household or computer equipment are struggling to protect energy.In terms of growth of electrical prices, this gives them competitive advantages.
The user of these devices only needs to watch the new offers on the market carefully.
- Purchase of electrical appliances.You need to be interested in the class of their energy consumption, the most economical devices of Class A, A+, A ++, at least -class E, F, G. The difference between classes A and G can be double.
- However, the acquisition of an energy savings device is only half of the case.It still needs to be managed properly.So, a clogged bag in a vacuum cleaner leads to a loss of 40% of electricity, approximately the same picture with a refrigerator that is covered with a layer of snow and ice.
- Insulation of an apartment or house (replacement of windows with metal -plastic, walls of walls with foam or mineral insulation, door seal, glazing the balcony and boat) will retain the heat better.As a result, before the start of the heating season or with insufficiently warm batteries, powerful electric heaters can be used less or used to create a comfortable temperature, more bin air conditioning during heating.
- The easiest way to save electricity is to replace incandescent bulbs with energy savings.This will require a one -time purchase of much more expensive lamps (energy -saving fluorescent or LEDs), but their installation pays off quite quickly, sometimes within one year.The Luminiscent Economy consumes 5 times less than the usual "Ilyich Lamp" and LED - more than 8 times.At the same time, economical lamps serve ten times longer.
How to save electricity at home just given its consumption
The assistant on this issue may be devices that will provide visual information about the energy consumed and the possibility of its more rational use.
- Two- or three-tarif electronic meter E/energy.Installation will allow it to separate the energy consumed during the day and at night.The night rate is about 30%lower.This is due to the need to unload electrical networks during the peak hours of stress and the transfer of some of the consumption until more relaxed time.Therefore, it is advantageous for the user, which has such a counter in later time, to use electricity devices (boiler, washing machine, iron, dishwasher, bread button, stove under pressure) that can be programmed for use at certain times.The counter must be legalized in the electricity company.
- Light -regulator (dimmer).This device is installed in place of the switch and allows the brightness of the light of the lamp to be adjusted.The same lamp can use a dimmer to serve as general illumination of the room, to read, watch a TV or as night light.There are also remote controllers with remote control or the ability to switch from several points.The advantage of dimers is that they extend the life of the lamps, but they cannot be used with all types of lighting devices.
- Impulse relay.It allows you to control the lighting from different places in the house, it is convenient to use when you turn off all the lighting in the room by pressing a button.
- Motion sensors.They are installed in residential and office premises as well as in yards.Turn on and off the light in the presence or absence of movement.
- Household watter.It allows you to measure the power of consumption of each device, frequency and voltage in the network.Using this information, you can take measures to save electricity.
How to save electricity at home
The most powerful devices in the house are a refrigerator and an electric stove.Often people have been using the same refrigerator for over 10 years.At the same time, the technology stepped forward during this time that the new refrigerator consumes half of the energy, so that the person saves when buying a new device constantly loses to pay for bills.
- The refrigerator should not be installed near plates or heaters, in poorly ventilated angles and niches - this will lead to overheating and more frequent switching.For the same reason, it is not recommended to place a plate and pots with hot products inside the refrigerator, as well as too often or for a long time opening the door.To save money, it is also better to install the device to cool the average mode and regularly thaw it and clean it from snow and ice.
- There is no house in every house, but where it is, the management of the price of electricians behind it.But here is the possibility of saving energy.The size of the dishes in which the food is prepared should not be less than the burner used, the bottom should be even.The dish closed with a lid is cooked 20-30% faster.After boiling water, the combustion temperature is best transferred to low temperature mode - this will not affect the process of preparation of the dish, but will reduce the consumption of E/energy.
- The washing machine works most stable in the regulatory load indicated in the instructions.Overload or incomplete load, as well as the unjustified use of the preliminary wash function increases the consumption of electricians from 10 to 30%.
- The electrician requires regular cleaning of scale.Also, do not cook the full kettle for the future, enough water to make a cup of tea.
- Turn the air conditioner only with tightly closed windows and doors to prevent the street from cooling, select the device according to the technical characteristics that match the room to cool.There are models of air conditioners of the converter with reduced electricians by 50%.
This is just some of the tips on how to save electricity.They can be found in other articles from the section more detailed.However, we should not forget that saving resources does not only take care of their own portfolio, but also retains the environment for children and grandchildren.
For every 100 Generaratur Watt Electricity means burnt 33 liters of oil or 48 kilograms of coal or 35 cubic meters of natural gas.Adding to this the problem of nature pollution from harmful emissions, it is clear that using and saving electricity is not only the private question of every consumer, but also the global problem of all humanity.