Super Efficient Fans in India – a result of SEEP (Super Efficient Equipment Programme)

BEE launched its standards and labeling program in 2006 and since then many electrical appliances are being rated on their efficiency on a scale of 1-5. Most appliances are labeled and sold as BEE star ... Read More

Things that impact electricity consumption in air conditioners

It’s peak summer, and one thing that worries most people is: electricity consumption by air conditioners. No wonder, while buying air conditioner, people look for the most energy efficient ones, as air ... Read More

What is the difference between solar inverter and regular power inverter?

Power inverters or home UPS have been in use in India since quite some time. Thanks to frequent power cuts, home UPS or power inverter industry has done well in India. But with increasing interest in solar ... Read More

Ideal Air Conditioner temperature for electricity savings

Buying an air conditioner once considered a sign of luxury, is now becoming quite common in India. Many urban homes are equipped with air conditioners in one or more rooms. But everyone who owns an air ... Read More

Increase Air Conditioner effectiveness and save electricity by closing doors and windows

Air Conditioners unlike air coolers take internal room air, cool it and return it back. Because the air gets conditioned and rotated internally, it is much more beneficial if external air or heat is not ... Read More

LG, Samsung, Whirlpool, Voltas Air Conditioner Comparison

In an attempt to understand the market shares of different brands of air conditioners in India for households I did a little research and following are the findings

 Calculator  Compare BEE Star Rated Refrigerators for Electricity Saving

Purchasing a refrigerator is something that we do not do very regularly. When we buy a refrigerator, we typically keep it for 8-10 years. In fact till a few years back, most Indians used to keep their ... Read More

Refrigerator placement for electricity saving

Refrigerators are one of the biggest energy consuming appliances at home which consumes as much as 15% of electricity in a typical urban household. Refrigerators take the heat from food (to make them cool) ... Read More

Use Refrigerator efficiently to save electricity

Refrigerators are one of the biggest contributors (about 15%) of a typical residential electricity bill, and efficiently operating the same can significantly impact the electricity bill. Although buying ... Read More

 Calculator  Compare BEE Star Rated Ceiling Fans and Un-starred fans for electricity savings

Ceiling Fans along with Refrigerators are most used appliances in Indian household. Being a tropical country, India is quite heavily dependent on ceiling fans for thermal comfort, and thus efficiency of ... Read More

Choose the right Regulator for Ceiling Fan for Electricity Saving

Ceiling fan is one of the most common appliances in Indian household. Being a tropical country, India relies a lot on ceiling fan and there is a ceiling fan in every room in the country. When we go and ... Read More

Ceiling Fan buying and maintenance guide

Ceiling fans can be great electricity savers during summer months if your electricity bills are high due to high air conditioning load. There is significant amount of electricity that this small appliance ... Read More

Laptop and Desktop energy comparison

While there are many factors like price, portability, space and ease of upgrade that are considered while making a decision to buy a laptop, tablet or a desktop, electricity consumption is rarely ... Read More

Television Power Consumption Basics

Televisions started entering Indian homes in 1980s with the black and white televisions the most common set available in homes during that era. Since then television technology has changed significantly ... Read More

Television Set top box can hog power

With advent of digital television and high definition broadcast, television set top box have become quite common in houses today. More and more people are going for DTH services and even the cable operators ... Read More

 Calculator  Compare Bulbs, CFLs and Tubelights for electricity savings

Most people when they think of electricity saving, the first thing that comes in their mind is switching to energy efficient lights. Although most energy saving options provides percentage savings on ... Read More

Save electricity on lights by turning them off when not in use

Practice of turning off lights when not in use has been used as a energy saving measure since quite some time. It is pretty effective, although there are some studies that suggest that using energy efficient ... Read More

Energy Efficient Lights - use CFLs, T5s and LEDs

Lighting consumption constitutes about 30% of residential consumption as per a study by Ministry of Environment and Forest in India. Its contribution in your electricity bill may vary from 10-20% ... Read More

Roof-Top Solar PV system project for home and office

Electricity generated through coal plants is becoming expensive by every passing day. Power cuts and increasing dependence on DG sets is causing a lot of damage to the environment. The demand supply ... Read More

Solar Water Heater System – how it can help save on electricity bills

Solar and renewable energy are quite popular these days. Through a lot of government support, marketing and subsidies solar products are quite popular these days in India. Many people want to adopt these ... Read More

Before Renewables think Energy Efficiency

There is lot of buzz in the world around renewable sources of energy and even energy efficiency. Renewables truly have potential to solve all the energy problems in the world, but one has to think efficiency ... Read More

 Calculator  Compare BEE Star Rated Electric Storage Water Heaters/Geysers for Electricity Saving

When we go to market to buy a water heater/geyser, we find a lot of branded and unbranded water heaters with similar features and sizes. Although unbranded water heaters are cheaper but there are a lot ... Read More

Comparison of various brands of Water Heaters/Geysers on BEE star rating in India

In our series on comparison of various brands of appliances on BEE star rating, we would like to add water heaters/geysers today. As we discussed in our previous posts on refrigerators and air conditioners ... Read More

Water Heater: Choose the right one for your needs

Water heating is a big component of electricity bill at homes and offices especially in winter season. Heating, like cooling requires a lot of electricity, and there by special care should be taken while ... Read More

Even Wall Paint can help you Save Electricity

Walls of your room which are directly facing the sun can bring in a lot of heat in the room and can significantly impact air conditioning load. Even a hot ceiling with a ceiling fan on can throw a lot ... Read More

Thermal Insulation with Double Glazed glasses

Thermal insulation is a very important aspect which has to be thought about when putting an air conditioner or heater in a room. Significant amount of heat is exchanged with the outside environment through ... Read More

Use Sun Control Film to block heat through window glass and enable effective air conditioning

We all love to have windows in our house. They infuse beauty and warmth of natural light and brighten every small and little space alike. They improve the ambience of the room and make us feel better. ... Read More

Pay Your Electricity Bills Online

  Till few years back, we had to stand in queues to pay our electricity bills. The Information Technology revolution in our country has made it easy for us to pay electricity bills online. Distribution ... Read More

Know Your Electricity Bill

  It is very important to understand the electricity bill and it's components to make plans for energy savings. Our electricity bills have quite a lot of information to give us a good insight to ... Read More

Impact of Connected Load on Fixed Charges in Electricity Bills

Electricity bill and it’s components are considered as one of the most difficult to understand and most people make the payment without understanding the same. So to help people understand electricity ... Read More

BEE Star Rating Program Explained

Today, when we go to purchase an electrical appliance for our house, the number of choices available exceeds our capacity to understand and evaluate them. We are heavily loaded with information on a large ... Read More

Switch off the Plug Point

Many a times we think that switching off the Television from remote, or just turning the power button off for an appliance makes sure that it is not consuming any electricity. But the fact is that the ... Read More

Interior Decoration for saving electricity

It’s a common perception that electricity can be saved only by choosing the right appliances and making sure that they are operated right. Rarely do people think about having interior decoration done ... Read More