Bringing our energy consumption under control

aliette

I thought I would come and update, we've identified one issue: the TV, amplifier and media centre account for 10% of our electricity usage, seems ridiculously high!! The standy option wasn't working, so we're fixing it and will recalculate

samtastic7

we have a gadget that measures what we use and u can see the change as each item is switched on
electric showers are the worst. do you have an x box? whaen thet and the telly goes on it adds about 8p per hour but times the amount of hours its on 8 hours + on weekends and school hols
if its on stand by its on so switch all tvs etc off at the wall when out in day and u go to bed

samtastic7

amcluesent wrote: »

FYI, dimmers don't waste energy, if they did they'd be scorching hot.

when we dimm the kitchen spot ligts we see the scost go down on the owl so it does save

samtastic7

aliette wrote: »

We pay £136 a month of electricity and £67 of gas.
I don't remember the boiler being serviced in the 3 years we've been in the flat.:undecided

that seems very high we pay a £113 a month for both and use use a lot

dogshome

Hi Aliette - The gas billing at £804 a year is high, but still on the planet, however the Elec at £1632 a year is in outer space. To get a handle on the situation you really must go thro' the bills and get an idea of seasonal use - It could be that you have a faulty appliance that's burning power 24/7, or your flats meter could be feeding the lighting in the public areas of the whole block ( Do you have a lift !).
I realise it's difficult with a family, but take a day out and turn everything off as you go out the door, then check the meter as you walk back in- if there is any movement, switch off at the fuse boxes and check the lighting in the public areas of the block, and leave it off as long as possible to see if a neighbor complains that their light have gone out. Also check that the meter you are being billed for, is indeed the one suppling your flat
Best of Luck