Recently, Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) conducted capacity building programmes in government schools on energy efficiency and energy conservation.

This blog is a summary of the capacity building sessions conducted in 7 schools in and around Chennai. The objective was to spread awareness about electricity/energy related topics.

Electricity Consumer Cells (ECCs) conducted capacity building meetings on energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy in the month of November  2019 at 

Electricity Consumer Cells (ECCs) conducted capacity building meetings on energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy in the month of October 2019 at:

Electricity Consumer Cells (ECCs) conducted capacity building meetings on energy governance in the month of August 2019 at 

CAG conducted a four-day training programme for the students of B.Voc-Sustainable Energy Management from Stella Maris College for Women. This blog summarises the proceedings of the training programme went and topics learned by the students.

Introduction

The Government of India established the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in 2002, under the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.

A refrigerator is an important appliance in most households. It is the second highest guzzler of electricity, after air conditioners, consuming as much as 15% of electricity in typical urban households.

Over the past few decades, residential electricity consumption has increased due to ever-expanding electricity coverage in both urban and rural areas. This is augmented by growth in income levels which has enabled citizens to purchase energy-intensive electrical appliances such as TV, air conditioner, etc.