Project onMEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION INMMRDA REGION

Group members:-Kalpesh BardeSuhas BhagatAniket MatePiyush PatilNitin PardeshiL.T.C.E (B.E – MECHANICAL)

Project Guide:-Prof. Santosh Dalvi

WHAT IS PROJECT ABOUT?

The project is about measuring and creating awareness among the peoples regarding the major issue ‘ENERGY CONSERVATION’.

AIM OF PROJECT

• To spread the message of importance of energy conservation among masses.

• To measure the awareness about this issue among peoples in statistical terms by conducting survey.

PROCEDURE OF WORK• We surveyed various household in Mumbai and

its suburbs.

• Made the people aware about current energy scenario by giving them actual fact and figure.

• A questionnaire which includes questions concerning energy conservation was given to household for filling the appropriate data.

• Audited various appliances in household for efficient performance and the results were compared with the original standards.

• Recording the data of questionnaire and analyzing it in software like SPSS & STATPAC.

BENEFITS

• It helps people know efficiency of their electric appliance and & energy utilized by them daily.

• It help to understand more about the ways electricity is being used in residential buildings and helps in identifying the areas where waste can occur and where scope for improvement exists.

• It enables the household to take active measures to reduce the amount of energy they are using unnecessarily in order to save money and cut energy bills.

• The list of questionnaire is itself prepared in such a way that during the course of asking questions the individual’s attention would be drawn toward this issue and the purpose of creating awareness would be served.

MAJOR SUPPLIERS

PLACES FOR AUDIT

Bungalow

Flat

Chawls

Row houses

INSTRUMENTS USED DURING FORHOME ENERGY AUDIT

ANEMOMETERUsed to measure velocity of wind

MULTIFUNCTION METERUsed to measureActive Energy (KWh)Apparent Energy (KVAh)Reactive Energy (Kvarh)Power factor (pf)

THERMO HYGROMETERmoisture content in the environmental air

LUX METERUsed to measure intensity of light

SAMPLE QUESTIONS OF SURVEY

• Is household interested in energy related questions?

• Have you ever tried to save your money and electricity by reading the bill?

• How frequently you clean filters of A/C, blades of fan, condenser coils of refrigerator? 

• How often do you turn off the electrical appliances from plug point when not in use?

• How many CFL's are there in your home?

• Do you know the rate of electricity per units?

Like this a set of 29 questions with appropriate options were given to household for filling.

SOFTWARES USED FOR ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The analysis was carreid out in the softwares like SPSS & STATPACK.

The survey results for various questions were plotted in the form of pie charts , bar graphs & histograms.

For example:-stastics of ac star rating

30.12%

35.24%

3.94%

9.65%

15.75%

5.31%

9Don't Know0 STAR2 STAR3 STAR5 STAR

what is the star rating of a/c?

Statistics of A/C STAR rating It can be seen that the maximum people either don’t know the star rating of their AC or they don’t have AC.

The remaining users prefer 3 star rating AC.

0 star rating AC are the least preferred whereas 5 star rated AC are very less preferred as they are costly.

Do you know the rate of electricity per units?

The majority of people believe that the rate of electricity per unit is Rs 2-6 per Unit slightly less amount of people believe that the rate is 50-75 paisa.

Very less amount of people believe variable rate are applicable, quite large amount of people don’t know about it.

RESULTS DRAWN FROM ANALYSISThe survey which was majorly conducted in flats showed that:-

• There was a interest among the people to know more about home energy management and audit.

• The desire to reduce electricity consumption and therby cut down electricity bills is more among the households.

• There is unawareness among the people about the star rating of appliances which is not desired. Masses should be made aware of it.

• Use of cfl bulbs is more among the people than normal incandesant bulbs. But still many people uses incandescent bulb only.

• Major population are consumers of M.S.E.B