CHANDIGARH:Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Chander Mohan said that 65630 Compact Fluoroscent Lamps (CFLs) and 33461 energy efficient T-5 tubelights had been installed or replaced in the State Government buildings at a cost of Rs. 167 crore.
 

While giving this information here , Chander Mohan said that Haryana Government had taken a number of steps to save the energy in the State in a big way so that the power demand could be fulfilled. He said that the Energy Conservation Act-2001 had come into force in the State with effect from March last and the department of Renewable Energy had been designated as Nodal agency.

Chander Mohan said that by installing the above CFLs and T-5 energy efficiency tubelights, Haryana Government had saved 122 lakh units of power amounting to Rs. 4.88 crore in electricity bills of the Government sector organisations. He said that the PWD(B&R) department had also installed 13650 CFLs and 6065 T-5 28W energy efficient tubelights.

Similarly, Haryana Urban Development Authority had installed 325 CFLs and 4870 energy efficiency tubelights. Apart from this, 448 CFLs and 2564 T-5 energy efficient tubes had been installed in new and old Haryana Civil Secretariats, Chandigarh.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that 25 per cent of power was being used for lighting purpose in the State and CFLs could save 80 per cent of the electricity. While enumerating the details of annual power saving by replacing one 100W ordinary bulb with the CFL would result in a annual saving of Rs. 356. The cost of the CFL would be recovered within three to four months as the average life of a CFL as compared to ordinary bulb was eight to ten times more, he added.

Chander Mohan said that the conventional 40W tubelights consumed 16.2 units of electricity per month whereas the retrofit assembly 28W T-5 energy efficient tubelights consumes only 8.1 units of the electricity per month and thus it could save 50 per cent power as compared to conventional tubelights. He said that the expenditure on using one 28W retrofit assembly T-5 energy efficiency tubelights for 10 hours for one month would be of Rs. 34.40 per month as compared to 40W conventional tubelights of Rs. 68.85 per month.