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The Ministry of Industry and Trade offers advice on using air conditioning, refrigerators, lighting equipment... to conserve electricity.
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade offers advice on using air conditioning, refrigerators, lighting equipment... to conserve electricity.
The Energy Conservation and Sustainable Development Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) has recently issued recommendations on various ways to save electricity for households and businesses.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade advises agencies, offices, businesses, and residents to continue using electricity safely and efficiently. Utilizing electricity efficiently and sensibly contributes to ensuring energy security and environmental protection.
For households, the Department of Energy Conservation and Sustainable Development recommends choosing and using energy-efficient electrical appliances (those with more stars save more); turning off electrical appliances when not in use, using LED lights instead of incandescent bulbs; using inverter air conditioners, operating electrical appliances in a rational and economical manner, etc. Especially, given the 8.36% increase in electricity prices, saving electricity will play an increasingly crucial role in reducing production costs for businesses as well as helping households save on electricity expenses.
Use air conditioners at reasonable settings such as: set the temperature at 25-26 degrees Celsius (during the day) and 27-28 degrees Celsius (at night); use air conditioning in shared rooms (to save electricity and promote better family bonding); combining the operation of air conditioners and fans simultaneously helps reduce the power consumption of air conditioners (up to 10% energy savings).
'Special note: when using air conditioners, do not let air escape outside by closing all windows, glass doors, entrance and exit doors...' the Department of Energy Conservation and Sustainable Development advises.
For refrigerators, use them correctly such as: do not set the temperature too cold, limit the number of times the refrigerator is opened to reduce the amount of cold air escaping, check the rubber seal, the refrigerator door must be tightly closed to retain heat.
The retail price of electricity for household use is a tiered pricing system (6 tiers), the higher the tier, the higher the price, and the price difference between tiers is relatively high (for example, the electricity price of tiers 1 and 2 is only about 60% of the electricity price of tiers 5 and 6).
Therefore, the Department of Energy Conservation and Sustainable Development believes: Each individual, household needs to pay attention to using electricity efficiently, which will help reduce electricity costs and directly benefit households economically.
For manufacturing enterprises, the Energy Saving and Sustainable Development Division proposes rational production planning, limiting the operation of high-power consuming equipment (such as crushers, air compressors... during peak hours from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM daily), and ensuring inactive operation of electrical devices.
Investing, improving, gradually replacing old, outdated, low-efficiency equipment with high-efficiency and energy-saving equipment and technologies;
Reviewing and investing in additional energy-saving equipment such as installing additional variable frequency drives for compressor systems, industrial air conditioners, fans, and large motors in the production line...
Installing additional energy metering devices at production departments (teams/lines/assembly lines) to control the amount of electricity used, while assigning responsibility for energy saving to departments within the enterprise to implement.
In addition to the above solutions, with the current government incentives, household customers and manufacturing enterprises can invest in installing additional rooftop solar panels to utilize solar power on-site, save electricity costs, cool workshops, and have a good return on investment period.
