8 Ways to Reduce DEWA Bill

Many articles share tips for saving on your DEWA bill by recommending changes in your lifestyle, but some of the tips they give, require you to sacrifice your convenience, such as asking the whole family to gather in one room only, or to take a fewer showers in the week. But in this article, we focused on giving you some tips to reduce DEWA bill and save your electricity and water consumption without affecting your convenience.

Follow these 8 steps and you will see a significant reduction on your DEWA bill:

1. Program Your AC Thermostat:

According to DEWA, it’s highly recommended to Keep your thermostat set at 24°C, or higher. Each degree increase in set point temperature can save up to 5% on AC consumption.

If you still feel it’s hot, you can get circulation Fans instead of relying completely on your air conditioner.

Also, DEWA recommends on their website that the optimal lifetime of an AC is ten years. If yours are older, consider replacing them with new energy-efficient ACs with 4 or 5 stars from Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA). This will help you save up to 25% of cooling consumption.

2. Unplug Electronics that Aren’t in Use:

Your television, computer, microwave and other electronic devices can be enormous energy vampires when not in use. This little light that stays lit means that these items are still consuming power. By using a shared power strip, it’s easy to turn them off with one button.

3. Replace Regular Bulbs with LED Lights:

LEDs are packed with sufficient energy and use up to 80% less power than the regular light bulbs. Since LEDs use cheaper energy, there is a dramatic decrease in power costs, and in result, you will be paying significantly a lower amount on your DEWA bill. Also LED’s last much longer than the regular bulb.

Most people now understand that LEDs save energy, but may still hesitate to pay the higher price for LEDs. But if you consider the long term saving in power and bills, it’s totally worth it.

4. Change your Old Appliances:

It is highly recommended to sell off the appliances that you have for more than 6 to 8 years. The efficiency of appliances decreases after such a long period of usage.

After selling your old appliances, go for energy star rated appliances. They use 10 to 50 percent less electricity than non-Energy Star appliances and would help you to save on your DEWA bill.

5. Adjust your Fridge and Freezer Temperature:

Set your fridge to 38 degrees and your freezer between 0 and 5 degrees. This will keep your food fresh, but your fridge and freezer won’t need to work as hard to maintain the temperature.

6. Clean your Fridge Coils:

When dirt accumulates on coils, your refrigerator will use more energy to cool the food. Therefore, cleaning your fridge coils on a regular basis will significantly lower the load on your fridge and hence you will be able to save more on your DEWA bill.

7. Turn Off the Tap While Brushing:

Did you know brushing your teeth while keeping the water tap open could consume 4 gallons of water, which is equal to 15 liters? By simply turning off the tap while brushing, you will be helping the environment and saving on your DEWA bill. This also applies for shaving and hand dish washing!

8. Use your Washing Machine for Full Loads only:

When using the washing machine, always use a full load. Generally, the same amount of water will be used whether you are using full load or half load. Also, use cold water or an energy saving setting if you can.

Bottom Line:

By doing the steps mentioned in this article, you will not only be saving on your DEWA bill, but participating in helping the environment as well.

Always remember, a minor change to our daily routine can have a significant impact on the sustainability of our planet.