In our series on comparison of various brands of appliances on BEE star rating, we would like to add ceiling fans today. As we discussed in our previous posts on refrigerators, air conditioners and water heaters , we are trying to do Olympic style ranking of various brands on BEE Star Ratings. To do so we have gathered data for various brands and their models, with their star ratings and have ranked... 

What is Energy Efficiency and how is it different from Energy Conservation? we thought of depicting the same on an infographic. When talking about saving energy many people use the words ‘efficiency’ and ‘conservation’ interchangeably. Despite having different definitions, they do seem to blend together. The infographic below shows the difference between the two and how they still help in... 

Super Efficient Fans are the newest electricity saving technology for ceiling fans in India. These Fans with brushless DC motors save more than 50% electricity on use and can have a payback in 6 months to about a year and half based on the price of electricity. In our previous articles we talked about BEEs Super Energy Efficient Appliance program and market analysis of super efficient fans. The infographic... 

One of the common misconceptions that we hear of when we talk about BEE star rating is that BEE standards do not include Indian Standards. Many people believe that BEE has set its own standards and they are separate from IS or Indian Standards. But fortunately that is not true. Most appliances for which there is a standard set by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards), BEE adopts these standards and additional... 

Voltage Fluctuations are quite common in most places in India. No wonder we at Bijli Bachao get so many questions on our page for voltage stabilisers: working, sizing and power consumption. The biggest concern that people have is that voltage fluctuations can harm their appliances. This is true to a great extent for some appliances. But people hardly consider the impact of voltage fluctuations on electricity... 

We all attach a utility with every object we buy. One of the basic things we expect from an air conditioner is that it should give good cooling. Faster or slower, but it should cool well in order to get the temperatures down to comfortable levels. When it does not do so, we do not derive utility from the product and want to replace it. But these questions arise in several minds: “Why is it that my...