Shortage of electricity and load shedding is one of the basic problems of Pakistan. Almost 90% of the public faces problem of load shedding whether in their home, shops and offices. Government of Pakistan is trying to install new power plants in all over the country but the procedure is not so easy and took some years to fulfill needs of electricity in Pakistan.
Our industry is also in crisis from the past years due to load shedding and expensive electricity. It is also a fact that people generally waste electricity by opening unnecessary lights, which similary resulted in load shedding.
In order to conserve electricity in home, we have given some important tips through which you can not only save electricity but also reduce your bill.
Tips to Conserve Electricity
Use Less Electricity with More Light
- You can save around 80% of electricity by changing all your ordinary lights to LED lights.
- Ordinary bulbs consumes much electricity and you can conserve electricity by simply changing these bulbs to Energy Savers, which can save 75% electricity.
- Avoid using lights in day time, and use daylight to save electricity.
- Painting Light Colours in your home can also save much electricity than using dark colours.
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Household Tips
- Keeping your electronic appliances on standby consumes large amount of electricity, so you can conserve electricity by keeping them off when not in use.
- Leakages of Gaskets and Compressors wastes electricity, so you can conserve electricity by repairing them.
- You can also conserve electricity by Avoid to Keep Hot Food in fridge or freezer.
- Change ordinary Monitors to LCD/LED to save large amount of electricity.
- From Midnight to Early Morning, switch off TV to conserve electricity.
Cooling Tips
- You can reduce your electricity bill approximately by 30% through keeping AC Thermostat on 24% and gets its filter serviced on the regular basis.
- AC Usage can be minimized by applying Heat Rejection Sheets on the external glasses of windows/doors.
- You can save electricity by Applying Curtains, Blinds or Shutters in order to prevent heat from sunlight.
- Always install AC Outdoor Unit under shade to increase efficiency and cooling of AC.
All the above mentioned tips are very easy and all of us can apply these by simply taking care of small things in our routine life. Applying these tips in one or two homes cannot save much electricity but when millions of Pakistanis start using these tips, that will definitely resulted in shining Pakistan.