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Increases in the price of electricity has made energy efficiency will become increasingly important. Here are a few tips for the accounts of the light does not impact so much in their pockets. The first time I paid real attention to the term energy efficiency was in 2008, when Chile was on the verge of a crisis of power due to the lack of rain, the reduction in Argentine gas supplies, the fall of two central and record oil prices, a combination of factors, some experts called as a perfect storm.

As a solution to this complicated scenario, the government decided to conduct an energy efficiency campaign to reduce the power consumption of the population, and in passing awareness of the importance of properly use energy. The result: We ended the year with a decline of 8% in energy consumption, avoiding the dreaded rationing and learned an important lesson: we must take care of energy.

But what do we mean when we talk about energy efficiency? It means that we must do more things using the same amount of energy. To instill this in the public, the Government established the Energy Efficiency Programmed Country a couple of years later became the Chilean Energy Efficiency Agency. Given the current scenario I decided to find some tips to help us lower our bills a little light and in turn encourage us to be a little more conscious about the use of electricity. Then the data that I found most interesting.