Household Appliances

An outlook of India’s electricity demand: analysis and projections to the next decade

Electricity demand forecasting is an integral part of a robust power system planning, which helps to ensure affordable and reliable power to all. India's electricity demand will grow multifold in the coming years and will experience a continuous growth supported by post pandemic economic recovery, electrification of the transport sector, …

Overview of energy consumption and GHG mitigation technologies in the building sector of Japan

This paper outlines the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission trends in the residential and commercial sectors in Japan. The results showed that the increase in residential energy consumption in Japan is mainly caused by the widespread use of heating equipment, hot water supply apparatus, and other household electrical appliances. …

Tapping the potential of Brazils Proalcool movement for the household energy sector

The Brazilian alcohol programme, focussing exclusively on the industrial-scale production of ethanol, has been successfully operating for more than thirty years. This article discusses how the same can be accomplished for cooking and household energy - a Proalcool movement for the household. Instead of relying on large scale ethanol production …

A breath of fresh air: Protos the plant oil stove

With a project that originally began in 1998 with the work of Dr. Ing. Elmar Stumpf at the University of Hohenheim in Germany, the initial steps were taken in the development of the world

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Talk about his company's fortunes is likely to elicit a beaming smile from Mahesh Gupta. Kent RO systems' managing director says that his company's profits grew 40 times between 2002-2003 and 2007-2008: from Rs 2.5 crore to Rs 100 crore. Other water purifier manufacturers also say that business is good. …

A film star speaks

Media attention is routine stuff for film star Hema Malini. But in August 2007 the spotlight was on her for a question she asked in Parliament as a Rajya Sabha member The film star, who is also a brand ambassador for a leading RO water company, asked the minister of …

Think before you use RO

The system wastes water, and is expensive According to industry estimates, 5.2 million households use water purifiers of which about 42 per cent (or 2.1 million households) employs RO. Assuming every household has 5 members; Total water consumed = 21 million litres per day (mld) (if per capita consumption is …

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