Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Measure your energy consumption

For plug-in electrical devices it is easy to measure their energy usage with a household power monitor such as the Belkin Power Cost Monitor. Using such a meter, and some straightforward math, I was able to calculate the annual energy usage, in kwh, of dozens of devices in my home. The calculations helped me understand that some devices that drew very little power were actually big power wasters (because they were connected all day and night although they were really only typically needed for a short time each day), while some major appliances had almost no effect on energy use because they were seldom used. This process helped us permanently lower our home energy costs by over 25% in a matter of a couple of months.

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