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Hello
everyone! How are you? Have you started to apply some of the measures to save
electricity at your home after reading my previous blog post? If so, I must
congratulate you for bravely wanting to change your lifestyle and helping to
cool down the earth’s temperature. A big round of applause to you and please
help me to virtually pat your shoulders, bravo! Alright, now I would like to
add on about “Energy Efficient Home” and this blog post is related to my
previous write up.
We all
know that electricity is the main source of energy used at home. While you are
gaining benefit for the ease of life contributed by electrical appliances, you
must also set in mind that you should not use electricity excessively. Using
energy efficiently saves your money and it will protect our dear Mother Earth
from harmful effects of global warming and natural disasters. The need to
protect the environment must be inculcated within the hearts and souls of our
future generations because we must act now. Today, I will tell you how you can
have lower electricity bills and do your part for the environment. You should
keep in mind that most homes are able to easily reduce 10% of their electricity
consumption without sacrificing your comfort level.
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So what
is energy efficiency? Energy efficiency means using electricity wisely in order
to accomplish the same task whether at home or at the workplace. Using energy
efficiently also means paying less for electricity whilst benefiting from its
use. Now that is interesting, am I right? We need to use energy efficiently because
of:
-depleting
resources of fossil fuels,
-increasing
price of oil, gas and coal,
-and to
save on domestic electricity bills.
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You need
to ensure that you have a proper check-list of your electrical appliances at
home and it will help to audit your home energy use. By doing so, you can trace
where the energy is wasted and here are the steps on how you can do them:
Refrigerator:
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-Avoid placing your refrigerator at a warm area
near a stove or exposed to sunlight.
-Make sure there is adequate space above, behind
and around the refrigerator for free air circulation.
-Check the temperature of the freezer and
refrigerator compartment and adjust the thermostat accordingly.
-Make sure that the door gasket is in good
condition to avoid cold air loss to the surrounding.
-Check for frost build up and do not let the frost
thickens exceeding 6mm.
-Food arrangement must be checked to allow free air
circulation.
-Condenser coils must be clean to maintain the
efficiency of the refrigerator.
Electric/Microwave oven:
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-Inspect door gasket regularly for signs of wear
and tear.
-Check for defects in the hinges of the oven door.
-Call authorized person to repair or replace the
gasket or hinges on the machinery.
Air-conditioners:
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-Make sure air conditioner is installed away from
direct sun rays.
-Ensure that the air conditioner is of the correct
size for the room.
-Check and adjust the thermostat to give
comfortable temperature.
-Clean air filter and blower unit to optimize
operation.
-Ensure that television, personal computer and
stereo are switched off and unplugged when not in operation.
-Make sure that the energy saver function of the
computer is activated when it is left idle in between activities.
Lighting:
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-Check that the light bulbs used are the Energy
Efficient (EE) type.
-Use fluorescent lights instead of incandescent
lamps.
-Switch off lights when not in use.
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The
key point here is that all the appliances you use must be checked regularly so
that you can trace the wasted energy. Maintaining the system and its efficiency
is crucial in helping all of you from spending so much for your monthly
electrical bills. This is what SEDA Malaysia tries to educate with the help of
selected bloggers because we care. SEDA Malaysia is itself the implementer of the Feed-in
Tariff program for the development of renewable energy effort in Malaysia.
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Malaysia’s Feed-in
Tariff system requires the Distribution Licensees (DLs) such as
Tenaga Nasional Berhad and NUR Distribution Sdn. Bhd. (NUR) with this year’s addition
of Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd (SESB) to buy from renewable energy producers the
electricity produced by them. FiT rates are set by SEDA Malaysia with approval
from KeTTHA to pay for the renewable energy supplied to the electricity
grid for a specific duration. By having access to the grid and setting a
favorable price per unit of renewable energy, the FiT mechanism also ensures
that renewable energy becomes a viable and sound long-term investment for
companies, industries and individuals. This can happen very easily if consumers
are registered under SEDA Malaysia as one of the producers of renewable energy
through solar panels, small hydro power, biomass and biogas at their homes or
private lands.
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The Cabinet has
also agreed for the surcharge on consumers’ electricity bills that has been
gazetted and collected from consumers. The 1% surcharge is needed to achieve
the target capacity of renewable energy in the long run. As of 2013, 1%
surcharge was imposed on all electricity customers and domestic electricity
consumers are obliged to contribute to the surcharge only if their monthly electricity consumption
exceeds 300 kWh or RM 77 a month. This money is channelled into the Renewable
Energy Fund and administered by SEDA Malaysia to pay the premium Feed-in Tariff
rate to those producers who generate electricity from renewable resources at
home, plant or farm. However, as of January 2014, this surcharge
increases by 0.6% to be 1.6 % for current electricity users. This increase will
also affect the consumers in Sabah and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan as they are
charged with 1.6% of their electricity bills for the first time. Please refer
to www.seda.gov.my for more news and information about this
tariff.
This
is my effort in giving back to the society because I want you to be more
concerned regarding this matter. Hopefully many others can take part in
maintaining the condition of electrical appliances at their homes or offices.
Please inform me about the decrease in your electricity bills if you managed to
save your energy yeah? Thank you everyone for reading and use energy
efficiently! See yea next time.
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