5. Switch Off Ignition at Traffic Red Lights
Advantages:
Reduce annual CO2 emissions by 48 to 64 kg per vehicle
Reduce annual fuel cost by Rs. 1071 to 1417
6. Regularly Inflate Vehicle Tyres
Advantages:
Reduce annual CO2 emissions by 150 kg per vehicle
Reduce annual fuel cost by Rs. 3344
D.In Kitchens1. Use Pressure Cookers Daily
Advantages:
Reduce annual CO2 emissions by 125 kg per household
Reduce annual fuel cost by Rs. 1048 (cost of 3 cylinders)
2. Use Fuel Efficient Cooking Methods
Reduce gas usage by 20 minutes a day per household.
Advantages:
Reduce annual CO2 emissions by 62 kg per household
Reduce annual fuel cost by Rs. 524
3. At Home, Compost Your Kitchen Wastes
Advantages:
Reduce annual CO2 emissions by 68 kg per household
Fuel Efficient Cooking Techniques:
- Cover cooking pots and pans with lids
- Reduce the flame once food starts boiling
- Use optimum quantity of water for cooking
- Keep all ingredients ready and at hand before turning on the gas
- Use broad bottom vessels
- Allow refrigerated food to come to room temperature before heating it
- Clean the burners regularly
- Soak rice, dal, etc., for some time before cooking
- Eat together so that food is not heated multiple times
E.Water
1. Conserve Water
Conserve just 100 litres per household per day through various measures.
Advantages:
Reduce annual CO2 emissions by 24-63 kg
2. Harvest Rainwater
In half an hour, a roof-top of 100 m2 can harvest 1000 litres in a downpour of 25 mm/hr. Harvest 1000 litres per household per day over 40 days of rainfall.
Advantages:
Reduce annual CO2 emissions by 27 to 70 kg per household
Measures to Reduce Water Consumption by 100 Litres a Day:
- Fix leaky taps, showers and flushes
- Do not let the tap run when you wash hands or brush your teeth
- Use a bucket and small mug to water plants, instead of a hose-pipe
- Use a bucket and a cloth to wash vehicles, instead of a hose-pipe
- Water potted plants with water that has been used to wash vegetables and lentils
- Change old flush cisterns to water efficient dual flush cisterns
- Wash only full loads in the washing machine
- Look around and you can find many more ways in which you can conserve this most precious resource
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Authors:
- Mr. Prabhjot Sodhi, National Coordinator, UNDP-GEF Small Grants Program, CEE New Delhi
- Ms. Rashmi Gopal, Consultant, Bangalore
- Dr. S. N. Srinivas, Program Officer, Climate Change, UNDP, New Delhi
- Dr. Ramesh Kumar Jalan, Resource Person and Moderator, Climate Change Community of Practice, UN Solutions Exchange, New Delhi
- Mr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Director, CEE Ahmedabad
