Energy cost is one of the major costs in biodegradable disposables manufacturing. Leaf Plus Pvt. Ltd. has been
manufacturing biodegradable disposables made from areca leaves for three years in Nepal. This industry has been taken as a
case study for our research. It was observed that energy cost can be reduced mainly through four methods: Construction of
Natural Construction Green House Solar dyer for leaf drying, Construction of Leaf Holding Centers for reduction in leaf
transportation fuel cost, installation of capacitor bank for decreasing demand charge & load shifting for reduction of electricity
cost. The implementation of these strategies resulted in decrease in energy cost by 7 percentage resulting in decrease in product
cost by 4 percentage.
