Beat the Heat: How to Reduce Electricity Bill in Summer?

Before learning how to reduce electricity bills, we need to know the causes of these high electricity bills! During summer our home has more electricity demands than regular days like Air conditioners, fans and other cooling devices working overtime. 

 

What contributes to the high bills in summer ?

As we all know air conditioner is one of the major appliances which consumes more electricity in summer. The mistakes which we do is:

• Leaving Air conditioner on for hours even when no one is using it.
• Setting AC to very low thermostat temperature
• Leaving doors and windows open while AC is on, which effects the cooling process allowing cool air to escape.
• Leaving lights on during day time
• Forgetting to turn off the switches like mobile charges, fans, lights, TV.. etc.all the appliances in the house.
• Using old and inefficient appliances

These are the few reasons where electricity is being wasted.

Identify where energy is being wasted

The reason behind high electricity bills is different for every house. Therefore it is needed to clearly identify where electricity is being wasted for that you need have real time consumption of each appliance.

For that Bharat Smart Services is offering energy audit services using our AI-powered devices like Bharat Smart Plug and Bijli Auditor.

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Practical Energy Saving Tips for Summer

Here are the actionable measures that bring a real difference in your electricity bill when you follow them regularly.

Use Bharat Smart Plug to control all pluggable appliances:

• Using a smart plug you can make sure that your AC is running only when needed.
• Need not to worry whether the appliance is switched OFF or not when you are away from your home. You can turn off the appliance from anywhere through the Bharat Services app.
• Schedule the AC to turn ON before you return to your home to enjoy the comfort of cool air.
• Avoid phantom power drain.
• Using the auto cut-off feature for the mobile chargers you can make sure the charger is switched off immediately after reaching the limit to make sure to turn off avoiding unnecessary consumption.
• Use the timer feature for kettles to turn off immediately after getting heat.
• Track the live data consumption of the appliance.

Use Bijli Auditor to find out the overall consumption of your house:

• Using a Bijli Auditor you can track the overall live consumption of your house. 
• Set the energy consumption limit for the month.
• Get targets for each day to make sure you stay within the limit.
• Get alerts when an appliance is using excess electricity than needed

The combination of Bharat Smart Plug and Bijli Auditor is what you need to control your high electricity bills in summer.  These energy saving tips not only reduce high electricity bills but also help in reducing carbon footprint.

Tips to reduce summer electricity bill

• Using ceiling fans along with an air conditioner helps to circulate cool air. 
• Make sure to close doors and windows while AC is ON.
• Use natural sunlight during day time.
• Switch to LED bulbs which consume less power and last longer.
• Audit your home before taking measures to save electricity.
• Replace old appliances with energy efficient ones.
• Plug out the appliances to avoid phantom power loss.

Conclusion

Reducing Electricity bill in summer days becomes an easy task when you have right devices with you. With Bharat Smart Services smart devices you can save electricity bill in summer without sacrificing comfort. By following the above tips to reduce summer electricity bill in your daily routine you can easily reduce your electricity bill. 

Take action today and make this summer smart with Bharat Smart Services