Volunteer survey: energy efficient refrigerators use the power of zero

Two days ago, friends of nature "energy-saving homes to my home" environmental protection projects on Beijing's drum tower estate communities, 17 volunteers into residents ' homes, on water, electricity and gas usage for research, for how to save energy, the residents have also made many special and creative ways.

The "low-carbon energy-saving homes · family to my home" sponsored by the friends of nature, this newspaper as the only media support, full record of the activities.

Activity leader Chen Yuen-ting, nature friends scheme in cottages and buildings in the community respectively in household energy use and energy-saving concept of advocacy, volunteer and thoughtful preparation ahead of a visit to home, residents of the direction of electric apparatus (Powermeter) and teach you how to properly use instrument for measuring power consumption. On the day of the event, volunteers not only to residents of the House for a week of electricity consumption records, refrigerators, televisions, water heaters and other everyday household appliances use frequency questionnaire.

At-home study, volunteers found that many families of old appliances consume far more than modern home appliances.

Residents in many electrical appliances or no energy efficiency label. For a low energy consumption of household appliances, has been identified, its power is indeed very small. In the resident Lee Shuqin home, volunteer will logging electric instrument and refrigerator and socket connections, data display refrigerator twinkling is turned on, and the 700W seconds after power is almost zero, the extent of provincial electricity let everybody by surprise.

Survey, volunteers also has many residents special mining and creative home energy conservation tips.

Granny Wang said that residents of their last again washes the vegetable water must be used to wash the first pass of the bowl, the washing of water will repeatedly use 3 to 4 times, and summer air conditioning in the bungalow basic need is also a good way to save electricity. "We actually didn't intentionally do savings habits of those who have formed the habit. If we say that we have low-carbon-carbon decades! "said the King's aunt. But she also on new energy utilization made comments that "solar very good, when we can all use of solar energy?"

This survey found that 90 per cent of households have energy saving consciousness, just for how to reduce wait electricity or more efficient use of energy saving to be advocates.

For example, many of the residents watching TV is usually too lazy to go to press the power switch, usually just off via remote control. Chan Ting said, after completing the at-home measuring, volunteers will be summarized into a report, the situation and to inform the community reporting forms, while residents on how energy-saving practices and residents.