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Subject: Family Resource Management × Author: Meenu × End date: 2022 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Knowledge and Usage of Energy Conservation Equipment and Methods by Rural Families
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2021-07) Meenu; Sehgal, Binoo
    Energy is very essential in the entire process of evolution, growth and survival of the world. The endeavour to reduce energy consumption by utilizing less of an energy service is known as energy conservation. The energy consumption of Indian households is estimated to account for almost 40% of the country's total energy consumption. The study was conducted in Hisar district from Haryana state and four villages (Ludas, Rawalwas Khurd, Siswal and Neoli Kalan) adopted by College of Home Science under RAWE programme in the past years were purposively selected. For objective I, 50 respondents were randomly selected from each village. Thus, the total sample size was 200. Under objective II, knowledge about all the equipment and methods for energy conservation was imparted to 100 selected rural respondents (25 from each village) who were showing interest and were willing to gain knowledge. Gain in knowledge was studied after 30 days of imparting knowledge to 100 rural respondents. Questions were asked regarding willingness of respondents to adopt the energy conservation equipment. The results show that maximum number of respondents (59.5%) belonged to the age group of 20-35 years, 89.5 percent were married, educated up to 10+2 (27.5%) and farming was main family occupation (27.5%). 90.0 percent of the respondents had pre-knowledge regarding pressure cooker followed by CFL (74.5 %), box type solar cooker (34.5%), solar fan (33.0%), Improved chulha (MDV chulha) (30.5%) and solar inverter (30.0%). Maximum gain in knowledge was found about solar dryer (M.S.=0.82) followed by solar lantern, solar tubewell and solar room cooler. Maximum increase in adoption was found about LED (7.0%) followed by improved chulha (6.0%), CFL (5.0%) and solar fan (2.0%). The maximum gain in knowledge regarding energy conservation methods was found about “Buy domestic LPG stove with star level or ISI mark” (M.S.=0.79) followed by “Lighting should be installed according to the task to be done” (M.S. =0.77) and “Let the cold food extracted from the fridge come to normal temperature before cooking” (M.S.=0.75). The maximum increase in adoption of energy conservation methods was found about “Cover the utensil with a lid to speed up the cooking process” i.e. 74.0 percent followed by “Clean the condenser coils 3-4 times a year” i.e. 68.0 percent and “Dirty bulbs and tube lights reduce illumination, so keep them clean” i.e. 67.0 percent. After gaining knowledge, six respondents had adopted improved chulha (MDV chulha) and four respondents had adopted pressure cooker; two respondents had adopted solar light and solar fan; seven respondents had purchased LED, and many of the respondents were willing to adopt these equipment in future.