Abstract: Nowadays, modern society
is highly dependent on electrical power
supply. To live & make our life comfort-
able, we use number of appliances/gad-
gets at our residence/office. Because of
this, the demand of electricity consump-
tion is also going high which results in
high electricity bill.
We all want less electricity bill but don’t
know how to reduce the electricity bill
& one question arises from the above
fact is “can we reduce our electricity
bill ? ”. The answer is “yes we can”.
In this article one golden thumb rule of
ARE-R is discussed which will help you
to reduce/control your electricity bill in
residential and commercial buildings.
Key Words: ARE-R (Avoid, Reduce,
Energy Efficient & Renewable (Solar)
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, modern society is highly
dependent on electrical power supply.
To live & make our life comfortable, we
use number of appliances/gadgets at our
residence/office. Because of this, the
demand of electricity consumption is
also going high which results in high
electricity bill.
We all want less electricity bill but don’t
know how to reduce the electricity bill
& one question arises from the above
fact is “can we reduce our electricity
bill ? ”.The answer is “yes we can”.
2.0 THUMB RULE OF ARE-R TO
REDUCE ELECTRICITY BILL
First alphabet “A” means Avoid use of
electricity when not needed/ when not
in use.
Second alphabet “R” means Reduce Use
of Electricity (Use Gadgets Smartly)
Third alphabet “E” means Energy
Efficient (Replacement of Gadgets with
Energy Efficient Gadgets)
Fourth alphabet “R” means Use of
Renewable Energy (Solar Energy).
1. Avoid use of electricity when not
needed/ when not in use.
We mostly do these silly mistakes in our
daily routine life i.e. we switch on lights
/ fans or any other appliances for doing
our work & go away or leave that room
without switching them off. This seems
to be small mistakes but just because of
this, not only our electricity bill goes
high only, but electricity goes waste
also.
FIG.1 LIGHT ON IN EMPTY LIVING
ROOM
Example for the Calculation of waste
of Energy in Bulbs
Suppose we are using two standard
incandescent bulbs of 60 W each in our
living room or any other place. And we
switch ON that incandescent bulb
without any reason/use for 5 hour per
day (for assumption point of view) for
calculating the waste of energy of 1
month.
Wattage of 2 Standard Incandescent
Bulb is switch ON for 1 hour =120 x 1
=120 watt
120 watt of energy is used in just 1 hour.
So, if it is use for 5 hours then this
energy will be =120 x 5 = 600-watt
energy wastage in just 1 day.
Let’s take an average calculation for a
month (30 days) = 600 x 30
= 18000 watts (Means 18 Unit/Month)
Just because of these 2 standard incan-
descent bulbs of living room (only 1
place) , there is energy wastage of 18
Unit/Month & for one year this
becomes 216 Unit/Year.
2. Reduce Use of Electricity (Use
Gadgets Smartly)
One more example, we have a good
habit to Iron our clothes & this can be
avoided in winters especially for shirts
as we cover them with another heavy
cloth like jackets.
Fig. 2 AVOID IRON THE CLOTHES
WHEN NOT REQUIRED
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Important Rules for Electricity Bill Reduction
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