My Energy use Diary

A_fiend_for_life

I'm still an E rating for all households etc. I am a bit baffled as I am 19 / 44 on the list. At 22 you'd expect to be on the cusp of D/E if there was a reasonable spread of usage. Guess there are more energy efficient folk outside the club or more coal and wood users.

So hard to see how I can reduce my consumption anymore without moving or reducing heating. I had three washes this week at the slightly higher temp of 40C. This is rare for me but the weather was good and things were building up.

I've compared with singletons gas / elec and get a 'C'

Singletons in flats I get a 'D'.

So kind of on track...

I have used the heating this week but I am trying for a lean week this week so will avoid heating if I can. I think I've used it more than I needed to.


11 weeks

Energy use is 649 kWh (Gas: 388kWh | Electricity: 261kWh)
Carbon emissions are 216 Kg CO2 (Gas: 80 Kg CO2 | Electricity: 137 Kg CO2)

Money Spent
* £2.73 on gas
* £3.24 on electricity
Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (11 weeks ago):
* £13.57 on gas
* £31.32 on electricity

Carbon emissions Kg CO2
...............Last week..Last Month
Per person.....30 (27)....27 (23)
Per household..30 (70)....27 (60)

Gas use as kWh
...............Last week..Last Month
Per Person.....78 (68)....64 (52)
Per Household..78 (171)...64 (131)

Electricity use as kWh
...............Last week..Last Month
Per Person.....27 (25)....27 (24)
Per Household..27 (67)....27 (64)

setmefree2

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me, do any of the cooker 'alternatives' lend themselves to home made pizza? This is our biggest by far use of the cooker since the oven needs to be at its hottest to get the base crispy (I use pizza stones). I do try to use the oven for other stuff at the same time but the answer would really be to find another way to cook....especially since we have HM pizza at least twice a week - it's DH's comfort food!

PS I'm still an E

There is such thing as a pizza cooker. Here is an example of one here.

http://www.kitchenland.co.uk/the-pizza-maker-oven-1193-p.asp

I remember one poster raving about her pizza cooker. Maybe you could find out more on the O/S board..

Good Luck

SMF2

Penny2myName

Joined the carbon club but dont understand it, all I can find from it is this
MoneySaving Carbon Club 14/45 So how do you find out your a-g ranking within the club?

mama67

Your Results in Detail


You have been taking readings for 9 weeks
Since you started measuring your total household -
Energy use is 1,210 kWh (Gas: 0kWh | Electricity: 1,210kWh)
Carbon emissions are 633 Kg CO2 (Gas: 0 Kg CO2 | Electricity: 633 Kg CO2)
Money Spent

How has my energy spend been calculated?
Last week you spent:

• £0.00 on gas
• £16.92 on electricity

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (9 weeks ago):

• £0.00 on gas
• £145.20 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/All housetypes) - to change your comparison go into your user detail settings.
Your results are being compared with the averages of 39 households.
Carbon emissions Kg CO2
Last weekLast MonthLast QuarterPer person18 (20)18 (19)0 (14)Per household73 (80)70 (76)0 (55)Electricity use as kWh
Last weekLast MonthLast QuarterPer Person35 (21)34 (20)0 (15)Per Household141 (83)135 (82)0 (60)

Frugaldom

Hi Penny2myName, nice to see you here You'll get your carbon ranking after 4 full weeks of submitting your details (5 lots in total), so you should know next week. Good luck. Your electricity use looks great compared to mine, that's for sure!

A Fiend For Life I get a bit baffled too and wonder what effect oil fired central heating has on the results, as that would allow for heat & hot water with only a tiny amount of electricity for powering the pump or boiler or whatever. Is anyone here using oil? I'll be able to tell what difference burning logs makes after I move house next month but there's no option on here for open fire either.

Here's to a drier week, and to line drying wherever possible - although having the dehumidifier helps a lot here

mama67

nykmedia wrote: »

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

Nyk, I have done this so not quite sure.

The main thing for me is that our costs aren't going up anymore, always a big help.

Nyk we have Oil CH/ water

[Deleted User]

rating and ranking appear to be shots in the dark. Our use is very low and we are still ranked 22/45 with a rating now appearing at level B. So 21 households similar to ours must be at level B too. It really is not a very scientific site. Another gripe is re the competition. Where is the winner?

Gas use as kWh
Last week Per Person17 (84) Per Household33 (169)
Electricity use as kWh
Last week Per Person20 (28) Per Household40 (56)41

Frugaldom

Kittie, they are very helpful at the site, just email them and ask. I emailed in a query and they responded within 24 hours and there's plenty to say that they are open to suggestions for improvements. It's a university study, so probably part of one person's research (or a small representative group). We are part of the small representative group who are taking part, perhaps there aren't sufficient entries to qualify for the prizedraw, hence the time extension. Agreed, they should have the terms and conditions listed somewhere, but the students may not have known that at the time of setting it up.

mama67

Having tweeked my user details on Imeasure so that now it is all users/ all households rather than specific number of occupants/all households; I am being compared to more households and my rating has risen to a "C".

Your Results in Detail


You have been taking readings for 9 weeks
Since you started measuring your total household -
Energy use is 1,210 kWh (Gas: 0kWh | Electricity: 1,210kWh)
Carbon emissions are 633 Kg CO2 (Gas: 0 Kg CO2 | Electricity: 633 Kg CO2)
Money Spent

How has my energy spend been calculated?
Last week you spent:

• £0.00 on gas
• £16.92 on electricity

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (9 weeks ago):

• £0.00 on gas
• £145.20 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 (All users/All housetypes) - to change your comparison go into your user detail settings.
Your results are being compared with the averages of 151 households.
Carbon emissions Kg CO2
Last weekLast MonthLast QuarterPer person18 (26)18 (23)0 (22)Per household73 (69)70 (61)0 (50)Electricity use as kWh
Last weekLast MonthLast QuarterPer Person35 (25)34 (24)0 (24)Per Household141 (66)135 (64)0 (56)

Curley

Here's my results. I'm quite impressed as i've had the gas fire on (low) most nights.

Last week you spent:

• £2.21 on gas
• £3.48 on electricity

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (3 weeks ago):

• £7.68 on gas
• £11.16 on electricity