Why is it important to save energy and what are the benefits of saving electricity?

Financial Benefits

Perhaps the most immediately attractive benefit to saving electricity is the amount of money that you'll save. Shutting off the lights and keeping your electric heat at a reasonable level will save you money every month. These monthly savings add up to big annual savings that you'll really notice if you make a special savings account. You can then spend this money on something that you've wanted to save for. A thorough inventory of your home's electrical use from light bulbs to water heaters can mean big savings every month.

 

Environmental benefits

Saving energy doesn't just benefit you. It benefits the world at large. Electricity is usually produced at plants burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal. These produce greenhouse gases and other pollutants that harm the environment. Any dent that your household can make in its carbon footprint will do your family's part toward reducing the impact of human activity on the environment. When combined with a local, national and international campaign to reduce the amount of electricity used, this can make a significant impact in the amount of electricity used by consumers and the resulting carbon footprint.

Health and beauty benefits

It may sound strange, but there are ways to make you more healthy and beautiful while saving energy. Turning off your television for a set period each day and engaging in a physical activity will make you healthier and look better from the exercise. Replacing your morning coffee routine with a yoga regimen will have a similar effect, with the added bonus of saving secondary electricity involved in transporting coffee from tropical climates to your home. Eating fresh fruits and vegetables in their raw form reduces the amount of electricity used by either your electric range or microwave saves electricity while providing you with the benefits of healthy eating.

How to save electricity

In our daily life, there are many simple steps you can do to save electricity. These steps can easily become your habit, which will save your cost and benefit our environment at the same time.

• Be sure to turn off lights when you leave a room.

• Turn off machines when you leave a room (examples include TV’s, computers, radios, stereos, video games, VCR’s, and DVD players)
• When you go away on a trip, be sure to unplug these same machines because they have stand-by functions that consume electricity even when they are turned off.

• Fill your dishwasher efficiently and limit the number of times you run it.
• Do not place furniture and other things in front of air conditioning vents.
• Keep doors and windows closed when air conditioning is on.
• Hold a ribbon or feather up to windows and doors to see if there are any drafts.  If there are, put in weather stripping or caulking to keep the outside air out and to keep the air conditioning.   Turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth and take shorter showers.  This will not only save water, but it will also save the electricity that it takes to pump and heat the water.
• Make use of daylight hours and do not turn on lights and lamps.
• Use one large light bulb instead of a few small ones.  One 100-watt light bulb uses less energy and gives off more light than two 60-watt bulbs.
• Use fluorescent light bulbs because they use 75% less energy and last longer than incandescent light bulbs.
• Use light bulbs that are low in wattage in areas of your house where you don’t need bright light.
• Make sure that outdoor lighting is turned off during the day.  Use motion-detectors lights or timer switches.
• Decide what you want from the refrigerator or freezer before you open them so you don’t waste electricity by standing there looking inside and keeping the door open.
• Do not set temperature excessively low. Too much ice wastes electricity required for regular defrosting.
• Wrap foods stored in the refrigerator. Uncovered foods release moisture and make the compressor work harder.
• Vacuum the coils of your refrigerator every few months in order to lower your energy bill and to keep the condenser working better.
• Before putting hot foods into the refrigerator, cool them to room temperature (unless the recipe tells you not to do this).
• Cook several food dishes in the oven at the same time.
• Keep the oven door closed until the food is done cooking.
• Defrost food before you bake or microwave it.  This uses 1/3 less energy than if you baked food that was still frozen.
• Choose a washing machine with better energy efficiency grading by referring to the energy label.  
• Select the right size of a washing machine for your family.
• Use cold water cycle whenever possible and do not use too much detergent.
• Wait until you have a full-load before washing as a half load uses the same amount of energy as a full load.
• Don't leave mobile phone on charge unnecessarily.
• Iron all items in one session to avoid reheating the iron.
• Use the iron at the correct temperature setting. Iron items that require high temperature first, then medium, then switch off and use the residual heat for fabrics such as silk that requires lower temperature.
• Don't iron unnecessary items

Uses of electricity

Electricity is essential to the world. Fans, light bulbs, televisions, ovens and air-conditioners. All of these cannot function without electricity. And it’s not just the basics. Microwaves, your fridge, even your dinner table was made using electricity. So, as you can see, electricity is very important to the world.
As long as the electricity is available, no one thinks much about it. The importance is realized when the power goes out. Whether it’s during the day or at night, electricity keeps our lives in order. It affects your business, your schedule and even your entertainment.
Electricity was not made only for entertainment or to make our lives much easier, it was mostly made for our safety.  Electricity runs everything in our everyday life. Our lives almost come to a standstill without electricity.

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HELLO!! I have created this blog for people to be aware that using electricity damages our environment.  Well using electricity itself is not harmful to the environment but to produce electricity is harmful to the environment. The more electricity we use, the more pollution we are doing when electricity is being produced.  Electricity is harmful to the environment because when fossil fuels are burned, it creates carbon dioxide which caused pollution. Most electricity is produced by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gases. Whenever fossil fuels are burnt they release carbon dioxide that has been stored in the fuel for millions of years. This carbon dioxide adds to the greenhouse gases in the environment that are contributing to global warming.