My Energy use Diary

cw18

Managed to maintain both my (D side of) C badges again with last weeks readings - but only just scraped in on the one against all users

Meter readings processed for the week, and I'm pleasantly surprised by the results

Electricity is down 3kWh on last week, despite 3 extra wash loads - all of which also went through the dryer :eek: - and mowing the lawns (ETA: Also did a lot of extra ironing yesterday, so could have been even lower if this last week had been a 'standard' one)

Gas is down by 11kWh - but still 23kWh up on 3 weeks ago which was my lowest week of the year so far.

CO2 down from 53kg to 48kg.

Next week will be interesting, as I'm away from Friday evening until Monday afternoon/evening (will probably be going straight to work without coming home first). DS will still be home (with the dog), but in theory I should see a slight drop in electricty....... unless he goes leaving all the lights on at night

A_fiend_for_life

Little change this week gas was 11 kWh elec was 17 kWh. Results for last week were two A's and a drop from 2 nd position to 9 th.

setmefree2

Whooo Hoooo to hot weather

Janeryan

Definately yay to the hot weather as from 16-23 May I used 85kw gas & 35 of electric compared to 207 kw gas & 43 of electric the week before!

cw18

Last weeks readings maintained my (D side of) C badges for both comparisons.

Readings for this week just processed into spreadsheet and i-measure...... and another :T for the good weather from me

Electricity down by 8kWh on last week - partly due to my being away from Friday evening until Monday evening (though I wouldn't have been here Monday afternoon anyway), but despite having done extra washloads and ironing (again!)

Gas down by such a staggering amount I had to double check my meter reading - down from 114kWh last week to a miserly 45kWh this week :T The last time it was in that ball-park was my reading of 3rd November when we'd used 46kWh. This week last year we used 80kWh, so it's not much more than half of that !!!!


CO2 down from 48kg (household, 24kg per person) last week to just 31kg (household) - and checking through my history this has never fallen below 35kg since I started using i-measure in Sept 2008 (that was week ending 12th July 2009)

JennyR68

Good week for me too, down 40% on previous and lowest week of year so far.

setmefree2

JennyR68 wrote: »

Good week for me too, down 40% on previous and lowest week of year so far.

cw18

Badges for last week are both still on 'C' - but the one for the comparison group (g&e detached properties) is now a 'B' side instead of a 'D' side (and the 'all users one is only just on the 'D' side) :T

Readings for this week show electricity up by 7kWh
But gas is down a further 9kWh
CO2 is up by 1kg for the household (2 people) to 32kg

Need to submit readings to S/Power, as I'm doing this on a 4-weekly cycle. For the first time since 16th November all my gas units are in the higher price bracket :T

I pay more for the first 350kWh/4 weeks as I'm on a "no standing charge" tariff, but have only used 318kWh (it's only the gas I ever feel the benefit of this type of contract for). My electricity works out the same price if I use 69kWh or more in a 4 week period, and the lowest I've ever been since switching to a NSC tariff is the period I'm about to submit readings for (reporting a useage of 194kWh).

This time last year my bill showed 237 kWh of electricity and 318 kWh of gas (41kg of CO2 according to my history on iMeasure) - so electricity is down by just over 8% (no idea how, other than the fact I'm now working so at home with laptop and TV for an average of 34 hours/week less!!!) and gas is exactly the same.

A_fiend_for_life

Staying about the same 16 kWh of electricity and 11 kWh of gas. A 'B' on both badges and 10 kg of CO2.

setmefree2

cw18 wrote: »

This time last year my bill showed 237 kWh of electricity and 318 kWh of gas (41kg of CO2 according to my history on iMeasure) - so electricity is down by just over 8% (no idea how, other than the fact I'm now working so at home with laptop and TV for an average of 34 hours/week less!!!) and gas is exactly the same.

Yay