My Energy use Diary

SuiDreams

Little_Mama wrote: »

Hi Sui Dreams,

Well I got a right shock :eek: when I put on my Gas CH for only 20 mins to check the pipes, our daily usage went from 0.53 metric units the previous day to 1.11 metric units and the only thing I had done any differently was put on the heating for that short period of time....I was appalled.

As I don't have a conversion chart to hand I don't know exactly how many Kwh this is ......apart from way too many! But is will keep the mind focussed for 1st Nov...even if I'm wearing 20 jumpers and a duvet to keep me warm! :rotfl:

LM

Thats quite worrying not looking forward to the winter bills

Magentasue

Little_Mama wrote: »

As I don't have a conversion chart to hand I don't know exactly how many Kwh this is ......apart from way too many!

LM

This will convert for you:

http://energylinx.co.uk/gas_meter_conversion.html

Frugaldom

Mama67, how does it work when you compare with all households, so there's a bigger spread and you still get the per person calculation? I had to do an 'all households' comparison because there were so few households the same as mine and no category to describe the type of house I'm in at the moment

Ronaldo7_2

Totally agree with your actions, I have been trying to do the same things and like you bought an energy meter thing which you plug your applicances into and it tells you the usage. Now being an accountant I then went one step further and created a spreadsheet to model my electricty usage by appliance, inlcuding lights and standby costs. I could then make decisions about what to switch off etc.

The biggest user was my fridge freezer which uses 30% of all our electricity! I wish I had thought about things a bit more when I bought it 3 years ago, I would then have bought a better rated one.

I have kids as well but its a struggle getting them to turn lights/TV's etc off, anyone got any suggestions other than shouting, lol!

A_fiend_for_life

My carbon results are as follows. Best I can see is per household is good but per person is below average if I am seeing it right.

Your results are being compared with the averages of 129 households.

Carbon emissions Kg CO2
...............Last week ..Last Month ..Last Quarter
Per person ....29 (22) ....16 (18) .....0 (18)
Per household .29 (57) ....16 (51) .....0 (43)

Gas use as kWh
...............Last week ..Last Month ..Last Quarter
Per Person ....66 (46) ....28 (32) .....0 (39)
Per Household .66 (117) ...28 (86) .....0 (82)

Electricity use as kWh
...............Last week ..Last Month ..Last Quarter
Per Person ....29 (24) ....20 (23) .....0 (19)
Per Household .29 (65) ....20 (64) .....0 (50)

A_fiend_for_life

I like your results CaroB. And a 'B'. Excellent. The carbon rating fluctuates on a Monday Tuesday while were putting our results in.
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setmefree2

QTR to 18/09/2006 1515 kwh
QTR to 12/09/2007 1282 kwh
QTR to 17/09/2008 1087 kwh

So a steady decline for the SMF2 household.:money::D:T

setmefree2

Just been into our online a/c and have a £112 credit on Gas account going into winter and £50 credit on elecricity.:money::D

setmefree2

SuiDreams wrote: »

No heating on yet either

No heating on yet here either - I'm wearing jumpers though:D

setmefree2

SuiDreams wrote: »

Thats quite worrying not looking forward to the winter bills

Let's hope the winter is a mild one:rolleyes: