A study on waste electric energy of low income family households in the Philippines.

Date

4-2013

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Major Course

Major in Power Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Catriz, Roderick L.

Committee Member

Agno, Karen-Christian C. Ramoso, John Paolo A. Sumalde, Adrian Augustus M.

Abstract

Majority of families in the Philippines is classified as low income family. For this type of families, minimizing expenses is important and one way of doing this is by conserving energy. This shows the importance of this study which is conducted to determine the waste electric energy at a low income Filipino family household. Surveys were used to reflect the use of appliances and electrical products by such families. Sources of waste energy were also identified and the produced waste energy from each source was determined. To estimate waste energy, power measurements of different appliances and electrical products were done. The measured power and the result of the survey were combined to come up with an analysis showing the waste energy consumed and its corresponding cost per month. The result of the study shows that a significant amount of energy is wasted in a low income family household. Specifically, an average of P22.97 per month is spent by low income families on waste energy if they commit all the identified sources of waste energy. Thus, this suggests that proper use of appliances and electrical products at home should be applied to avoid unnecessary expenses.

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology

Call Number

LG 993.5 2013 E64 G85

Document Type

Thesis

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