Assessment on Energy Consumption
ASSESSMENT ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF HOUSEHOLDS IN BUSAY HEIGHTS, BUSAY, CEBU CITY: BASIS FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION REDUCTION
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A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Accountancy School of Business and Economics University of San Carlos Cebu City, Philippines _______________________________
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the course BA 109 ____________________________ By Advincula, Justine Ellis Cañas, Jeffrey Kean Eya, Gilbert Bryan Paradela, Crispina Lisa Sampere, Michael Mider Month and Year Completed
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Rationale of the Study
Energy, the capacity to do work, comes in different forms- chemical, mechanical, thermal, solar and electrical. Its sources include wind, water, the sun, fossil fuels, and thermal gradients. This technical term is interesting even to the layman because it provides lighting and runs most of the appliances inside the households. The increased flow of material goods to the households such as electric washing machines and dryers, computers, digital video disk players, and television sets, has shifted household maintenance and recreation from human energy to electric energy. Electricity, according to Buesing (1980, p.194) will go on to be the dominant energy source among households for three reasons- “it is the highest grade and most versatile energy source available, it is the most universally available energy source already in the homes, and it can be generated from any number of future energy sources”.
Among the different forms of energy, the alternating-current kind of electricity, supplied by power distributors from the generating stations through the transmission lines up to the service drop wires leading to household circuits, has become the most prevalent because it is the most convenient and the designed driver of many work, convenience and leisure
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A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Accountancy School of Business and Economics University of San Carlos Cebu City, Philippines _______________________________
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the course BA 109 ____________________________ By Advincula, Justine Ellis Cañas, Jeffrey Kean Eya, Gilbert Bryan Paradela, Crispina Lisa Sampere, Michael Mider Month and Year Completed
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Rationale of the Study
Energy, the capacity to do work, comes in different forms- chemical, mechanical, thermal, solar and electrical. Its sources include wind, water, the sun, fossil fuels, and thermal gradients. This technical term is interesting even to the layman because it provides lighting and runs most of the appliances inside the households. The increased flow of material goods to the households such as electric washing machines and dryers, computers, digital video disk players, and television sets, has shifted household maintenance and recreation from human energy to electric energy. Electricity, according to Buesing (1980, p.194) will go on to be the dominant energy source among households for three reasons- “it is the highest grade and most versatile energy source available, it is the most universally available energy source already in the homes, and it can be generated from any number of future energy sources”.
Among the different forms of energy, the alternating-current kind of electricity, supplied by power distributors from the generating stations through the transmission lines up to the service drop wires leading to household circuits, has become the most prevalent because it is the most convenient and the designed driver of many work, convenience and leisure