Vol. 12, Special Issue 11 (2023)

Students being important population segment of society, are expected to have more concern about consumption and conservation of electric energy in day to day activities and contribute towards sustainable development. Considering this, present study was undertaken to understand students knowledge and practices towards energy saving strategies in day to day activities as part of sustainable development. The study was carried out in randomly selected three colleges of Jorhat district of Assam. By the proportional allocation method total 208 students were selected as respondents.

In order to access respondents' knowledge on energy conservation techniques and practices in day to day activities comparative knowledge index and practice index was obtained with estimation of obtained score over obtainable score. Findings revealed that respondents knowledge in terms of conservation techniques of electric energy in day to day activities almost in all aspect found very high but when it comes to application of same in everyday life except few practices there is a gap between knowledge and practice. There is still need to inculcate habit of utilizing their knowledge into practice towards conservation of electric energy for better future.