With regular reduction in consumption, you can save up to 15% of electricity per month.
Electricity consumption in Ukraine has increased sharply in recent years. At the same time, the cost of the resource has also increased – by as much as 600%. Therefore, the issue of saving electricity in Ukraine does not lose its relevance.
How to reduce electricity consumption – we will tell you further.
Reducing consumption and optimizing the operation of electrical appliances
To do this, you will have to systematically follow simple rules for saving electricity:
- Don't forget to turn off the lights.
- Wipe light bulbs and lampshades. You will be surprised, but dust can “eat” up to 20% of the emitted light. By wiping the lamps during absorption, you will significantly improve the quality of lighting in the house.
- Wash windows more often.Dust prevents natural light from entering the room, so you have to turn on artificial lighting more often, wasting electricity.
- Hot dishes in the refrigerator. In this case, the refrigerator uses several times more electricity to maintain the set temperature.
- Defrost the refrigerator regularly. The presence of ice on the walls of the device increases its energy consumption by 15-20%.
- Turn off household appliances.TV, microwave, electric kettle – these are the devices that work in the background.
- Washing in cold water. Today, there are many products for washing in cold water.
- Put the boiler into economy mode.
- These methods can help save up to 15% of electricity per month.
Re-equipping the room
For starters, you can replace all bulbs with LED ones.
A 10W LED lamp generates as much light as a regular 100W incandescent lamp, but it consumes 90% less electricity. In addition, the service life of an LED lamp is about 15 years, while an incandescent lamp lasts about 4 months.
House insulation. Up to 50% of all heat can be lost through cracks in windows. To do this, you can replace old frames with modern metal-plastic ones; insulate the balcony and front door; install penofol or foil display screens on the radiators.
Modern household appliances. New household appliances have an energy efficiency classification and can save up to 50% on electricity costs.
Update your meters. Installing high-precision electricity metering devices will help to significantly reduce electricity consumption.
View tariff
Since January 6, 2021, No. 15, the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission has canceled a number of preferential tariffs for electricity in Ukraine. However, the ” night tariff” remains relevant.
In particular, the day is divided into two tariff zones: daytime – from 7.00 to 23.00, and night – from 23.00 to 7.00. Night tariff is 50% lower than day tariff, and day tariff is the standard price for electricity at the moment.
To switch to the night tariff, the subscriber must submit a corresponding application to the supplier and install a two-tariff meter, which will be able to count kilowatts separately at night and during the day.
Note that next year electricity for the population next year will not become more expensive.