A detailed study of rural Kolar reveals that, about 84% of the energy need in the district is satisfied by bioenergy and its use is not sustainable. Bioenergy in use, mainly constitute twigs and branches of the locally available species, agriculture residue mainly from Sericulture activity and cattle dung. Domestic firewood need ranges from 1.7 to 2.5 kg per person per day, which is on higher side when compare to the state average of 1.7 kg/person/day. Higher level of consumption is mainly due to inefficient traditional cookstoves. Use of kerosene and electricity use is restricted due economic and availability constraints and need is 0.72 litre/person/month and 1.16 kWh/person/month respectively. ^[2] Animate energy in the form of human energy contributes significantly in domestic sector. Domestic activities such as cooking, fuel collection and chopping, fetching water, cloth washing, utensils washing, marketing etc, consumes as much as 7.74 hrs/day/household. Women contribute about 5.6 hrs, men and child contributes 1.12 and 1.02 hrs respectively. ^[3]