CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTION TIPS FOR EVERYONE ...
Carbon Footprint Reduction tips for your day to day life activities...
1. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your vehicle:
• Accelerate your vehicle slowly and smoothly.
• Drive within speed limits.
• Always maintain steady speed of your vehicle.
• Keep your vehicle tuned up.
• Do maintenance of your vehicle according to schedule.
• Keep your vehicle tires properly inflated.
2. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your travel:
• Combine your trips with one another.
• Do carpooling at least once a week.
• Walk a mile. Short distances.
• Work from home occasionally.
• Trains may be good choice for you to travel in some cases.
• Use non-stop flights to travel from one distance to another.
• Optimize your trips.
• Ask about environmental commitments from the hotel management in which you stay.
3. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your home:
• Control your use on Air conditioners.
• Use CFL/LEDs for lighting.
• Keep your heating and cooling system properly tuned up.
• Always look for Energy star rated appliances.
• Conserve water. Turn the tap off while shaving or brushing.
• Use electricity generated from renewable source.
• Use solar water heaters.
• Open the windows during daytime to save energy.
4. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your office:
• Shutdown your computer/system while leaving your desk.
• Use PC energy saving technology to minimize energy usage of your computer and printer.
• Avoid printing irrelevant files.
• Save paper. Go for double-side printing.
• Do carpooling while going to your office.
• Open the windows during daytime to save energy.
• Turn off the lights when not required.
• Install occupancy sensors.
5. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your life:
• Pay attention to your energy consumption and waste habits.
• Buy local products. Shipping of products burns lot of fuel.
• Don’t waste food.
• Recycle/Sell your old electronic devices.
• Walk a mile.
• Conserve water.
• Follow the mantra - Recycle...Reduce...Reuse...
6. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your Marriage:
• Use recycled paper for making your marriage invitation.
• Go digital to make your marriage invitation.
• Use local, organic and seasonal food items.
• Use locally available flowers for decoration.
• Give eco-friendly gifts products.
• Transportation always the biggest contributor of carbon footprint. Avoid holding your marriage to distant places.
• Use eco-friendly, natural and organic items for decorating your marriage location.
Just do your bit to SAVE our ENVIRONMENT !!! more
1. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your vehicle:
• Accelerate your vehicle slowly and smoothly.
• Drive within speed limits.
• Always maintain steady speed of your vehicle.
• Keep your vehicle tuned up.
• Do maintenance of your vehicle according to schedule.
• Keep your vehicle tires properly inflated.
2. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your travel:
• Combine your trips with one another.
• Do carpooling at least once a week.
• Walk a mile. Short distances.
• Work from home occasionally.
• Trains may be good choice for you to travel in some cases.
• Use non-stop flights to travel from one distance to another.
• Optimize your trips.
• Ask about environmental commitments from the hotel management in which you stay.
3. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your home:
• Control your use on Air conditioners.
• Use CFL/LEDs for lighting.
• Keep your heating and cooling system properly tuned up.
• Always look for Energy star rated appliances.
• Conserve water. Turn the tap off while shaving or brushing.
• Use electricity generated from renewable source.
• Use solar water heaters.
• Open the windows during daytime to save energy.
4. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your office:
• Shutdown your computer/system while leaving your desk.
• Use PC energy saving technology to minimize energy usage of your computer and printer.
• Avoid printing irrelevant files.
• Save paper. Go for double-side printing.
• Do carpooling while going to your office.
• Open the windows during daytime to save energy.
• Turn off the lights when not required.
• Install occupancy sensors.
5. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your life:
• Pay attention to your energy consumption and waste habits.
• Buy local products. Shipping of products burns lot of fuel.
• Don’t waste food.
• Recycle/Sell your old electronic devices.
• Walk a mile.
• Conserve water.
• Follow the mantra - Recycle...Reduce...Reuse...
6. Reduce Carbon Footprint of your Marriage:
• Use recycled paper for making your marriage invitation.
• Go digital to make your marriage invitation.
• Use local, organic and seasonal food items.
• Use locally available flowers for decoration.
• Give eco-friendly gifts products.
• Transportation always the biggest contributor of carbon footprint. Avoid holding your marriage to distant places.
• Use eco-friendly, natural and organic items for decorating your marriage location.
Just do your bit to SAVE our ENVIRONMENT !!! more
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I will restrict my comments to an individual carbon foot print other than vehicle use 1. Use efficient stoves for LPG or fire wood. 2. Many procedures that will help reduce cooking time (* points) 3. Use energy efficient cooking vessels 4. Plant trees, Grow a kitchen garden. 5. Conserve every resource & follow the principle of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 6. Dont overcharge Mobile phones & use Solar panels for charging 7. Switch off all gadjets especially those with remote at the plug point and not from remote. 8. Ensure full load wash cycle. 9. Buy/use Star rated appliances to consume less power. Higher the stars higher the saving. Lower operational costs and longer life for electronic appliances. 10. Use both sides of paper or avoid as much as possible. 11. Conserve every drop of water, mostly dependent on our actions. Harvest every drop of rain water as it is the only source of fresh water. 12. Ensure ACs are set at 24/25 deg C Optimum. Always use fans when you start ACs to increase/spread cooling uniformly. 13. Use LED Bulbs they are cheaper in long run & long lasting. Many more Points but will restrict. P.N.Rao - Past Chairman Energy Conservation Mission; Institution of Engineers (India), Hyderabad. e-mail: seeds24@gmail.com more
May 13
Wonderful Guidelines, slowly n gradually people will pick up these and our India will become best place to live. more
May 03
I totally support the idea of Shri Darshan Singh. In addition I would like to guggest to the Central and State Governments to reduce the carbon footprints. For every VIP many cars go in a convoy where in fact one vehicle would do. This will control pollution. Dipak Himatsingka more
Apr 28
Dear Mr Darshan, another safe mode transport for reduction of carbon footprint and keeping yourself fit and healthy is using bicycle to the extent one can. A lot of work is being carried out in Dwarka on bicycle sharing by Centre for Green Mobility (NGO) in association with DDA (hope you are aware). Promote bicycle amongst Dwarka residents through your good work. more
Apr 27
