Energy conservation efforts have a long way to go

Discussions on brands, prices, offers, and value-additions in a product are common when it comes to buying a gadget for home. However, how many of us tend to know about the energy efficiency of the gadget ? It is easy to achieve 10 per cent energy conservation at homes with just proper handling of the electrical and electronic gadgets. This can be increased to even 25 per cent with more efforts. Yet, effective energy conservation in the city's domestic sector is just five per...