A Girl in Candle Light..

 

Six months ago when I was walking from office to home via bomanahalli road Bangalore, I saw a girl studying using a candle light... When I asked her why she is stressing her eyes by studying in candle light , she replied tomorrow I have exam and my house haven’t got the power for the past 3 hours.I offered her my Back up torch light and headed towards home.while walking towards the bus top I was thinking what could be the reason for the shortage of electricity in Bang.Is it because of politicians or because of the people who doesn’t care about how worth the electricity is.There is beautiful statement which most of the philosophers says...”If you want to change the people around you or the world,first you need to change”, it’s a worth quote and I follow it often..

After reaching home, I said about the incident to my wife and she said hey purusaa (Husband) why don’t you list of out the things where we are consuming unwanted power daily so that we reduce it where ever it’s possible...I pulled a sheet of one side used paper from the cupboard and started listing. After listing, I showed to my wife she was happy and we started to follow. After started following few things daily, Monthly Electricity bill reduced by 20 to 30 % and Carbon foot print reduced in planet. Here I listed few check points which I followed… I started with basic equipment, even though it consumes less little power…I hope people who read this post while save some power, so that power goes to person who needs it and reduce the shortage of electricity in world..

• Mobile -- Unplugged the power cable after full charge, Disabled screen savers, de activated internet connection, reduced screen brightness and installed android app which deactivates unwanted running process and saves power.
• Laptop -- Unplugged the power cable after full charge, disabled screen savers, reduced the screen brightness and used hibernate mode when laptop is not in use.
• In home -- changed the light bulbs to CFL,Switched off the room lights while coming out of the room, Switched off the refrigerator daily for two hours, one hour in morning and one hour in evening,Adjusted the refrigerator temperature to cold which was coldest before, Studied how much time water heater takes time to heat the water and from the next day switched off after certain time, when sunlight is there opened the windows instead of switching on the lights, Before going to bed ensured even the TV LED light is off.
• Outside home -- Switched off the street lights which is ON during sunny day, called the customer care and raised complaint for it...(I did my part).
• Awareness -- Installed solar panel in Dad home,raised awareness and asked people to save power. Started with Family members,relatives and outside people including office members.
• Office -- Switched off tube lights when I am the last person to leave the office and switched unwanted lights where it’s not needed.

It’s just a small contribution from my side...