My Energy use Diary

thriftyscotslass

Evening all:

Not a good day today :mad:

Elec - 10kWh
Gas - 45kWh

Dh sneaking on the ch is affecting the electric as well as the gas - boo

I like the idea of putting the heating on for longer at a lower temperature - thanks for the tip Cheryl - bring on tomorrow's challenge :j

A_fiend_for_life

Just calculated my annual consumption for gas and electricity.

Gas = 8,000 kWh :j
Elec = 1,500 kWh :j

This compares with...

Gas = 13,000 kWh :eek:
Elec = 2,300 kWh :eek:

...for the previous year.

Gas = (8 / 13) * 100 = 38 % :cool:
Elec = (15 / 23) * 100 = 35 % :cool:

reduction.

So comparing this year with the previous year would be a 'C' - should be a 'B' come the next bill.

Frugaldom

Just popping in for updates. since turning the storage heaters down and increasing logs used on fire, my electricity has dropped by about £1 per day, which means I've dropped from 50+ kWh per day to between 30 and 35. I'll not know how much extra I'm spending on logs until next month.

There's talk of snow heading our way, too, we're south west Scotland, so not that far from Belfast as the crow flies. It was certainly frosty yesterday morning but it's raining today.

Janeryan

Just had to read my meter to submit online to get my next bill and have updated imeasure as well.

Bill for quarter 29/09-01/12 was £193.01

Bill for 02/12 -26/02 will be £245.72 which I don't think is too bad considering the weather-also DH was convinced that it was cheaper to have the heating on constantly then having to fire it up from cold every time so over Christmas we had it running all the time as an experiment-I'm not convinced and it did get very stuffy!

here are my imeasure results to date-still on a C

You have been taking readings for 25 weeks
Since you started measuring your total household -
Energy use is 9,191 kWh (Gas: 7,412kWh | Electricity: 1,779kWh)
Carbon emissions are 2,457 Kg CO2 (Gas: 1,527 Kg CO2 | Electricity: 930 Kg CO2)
Money Spent
How has my energy spend been calculated?
Last week you spent:
· £12.81 on gas
· £6.96 on electricity
Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (25 weeks ago):
· £259.41 on gas
· £213.48 on electricity
Carbon Emitted & Energy Used
The results in the tables for 'last month' and 'last quarter' are in terms of the weekly average. The tables give you information about your household (black numbers) in comparison to the average imeasure households you choose to be compared (red numbers).
You chose to compare your household with (Same number of occupants/terrace house) - to change your comparison go into your user detail settings.
Your results are being compared with the averages of 8 households.
Carbon emissions Kg CO2

Last week

Last Month

Last Quarter

Per person

35 (43)

37 (46)

39 (39)

Per household

106 (129)

110 (136)

116 (117)

Gas use as kWh

Last week

Last Month

Last Quarter

Per Person

122 (146)

124 (153)

125 (121)

Per Household

366 (439)

371 (460)

376 (362)

Electricity use as kWh

Last week

Last Month

Last Quarter

Per Person

19 (25)

21 (27)

25 (27)

Per Household

58 (73)

64 (80)

74 (81)

setmefree2

A_fiend_for_life wrote: »

Just calculated my annual consumption for gas and electricity.

Gas = 8,000 kWh :j
Elec = 1,500 kWh :j

This compares with...

Gas = 13,000 kWh :eek:
Elec = 2,300 kWh :eek:

...for the previous year.

Gas = (8 / 13) * 100 = 38 % :cool:
Elec = (15 / 23) * 100 = 35 % :cool:

reduction.

Well Done :T:T:T

setmefree2

nykmedia wrote: »

Just popping in for updates. since turning the storage heaters down and increasing logs used on fire, my electricity has dropped by about £1 per day, which means I've dropped from 50+ kWh per day to between 30 and 35.

well done on that

Fred_Bear_2

A_fiend_for_life wrote: »

Just calculated my annual consumption for gas and electricity.
Gas = 8,000 kWh :j
Elec = 1,500 kWh :j

I'm very impressed ffl! I thought I was doing well, but I am obviously just a beginner. Note to self: Must try harder.
Do you have any tips to pass on? Sorry I haven't read all of this thread.

A_fiend_for_life

Hi Fred Bear,

Here's some from an earlier post:

Turn the heating down a bit - turn it off in summer.
Wear more layers in winter.
Turn the heating down in rooms that are not occupied bathroom, kitchen, hall.
Use thicker curtains.

Wash clothes at 30C do only a full wash.
Use a high spin on bad days and a low or no spin on good drying days.
Line dry or use a clothes horse where possible alternatively create a wind tunnel through the house by opening windows and use a clothes horse.

Shower low temp.
Strip wash on some days: Mits, pits, bits and bum.

Use a slow cooker or cook things more slowly; turn the temperature down and use a lid.
Turn the hob off about 10 -15 minute before finishing cooking.

If your cooking potatoes bring to boil and allow to stand for about 20 - 30 minutes off the heat, with a lid, a clean, dry teatowel on top and place on a teatowel on a teapot stand. They'll cook under their own heat.
Pasta can be cooked by putting a portion in a flask and pouring on boiling water from a kettle and leaving for 25 mins. Ideal for one or two people and if your complementing carbs with bread.
If your cooking on the hob use the residual heat to heat water and flask (lid and teatowel). Should get about 1 or 2 mugs but you might need to catch it in mid lunch/dinner. Not sure about induction hobs.

Boil only the water you need
If your boiling the kettle for one try storing the rest in the flask. I find a litre and a quarter will be enough for a tea / coffee and the rest will fill my flask.
Allow the kettle to not quite reach boil, especially for beverages, as the temperature drops very quickly. At work the water dispenser provides water when it reaches 70C so boiling is unnecessary.

hth

A_fiend_for_life

I like the signature - well done!

I should add though I have very few electrical gadgets. Have to admit though tea, coffee and computer accounts for a lot of energy. I should rediscover reading.

Fred_Bear_2

Thanks ffl. I have most of the usual electrical items and I have concentrated on buying efficient A or A+ rated equipment and using it efficiently. Eg. I replaced my computer monitor using 120W with one that uses 63W. I now read of monitors of the same size using only 22W (eg Samsung). My next replacement item will be a new central heating pump which uses 80% less electricity (Grundfos Alpha2) That should save about 200kWh per year. I am doing many of the things you suggest but you have given me some more ideas to try.