My Energy use Diary

Penny2myName

I have added the site link onto my Facebook page, guess I can also stick it on my Myspace page.
This week it has gone up by 23 users though. So shows it is getting out there slowly.

[Deleted User]

I have just changed back to comparing with the same number of occupants on i measure and I am now on an A rating. Our gas use is miniscule at the moment ie 33/562. My costs for gas this week are £1.20 v £21 (actual ebico tariff) for the average user

I use the gas hob and gas for all hot water but the difference began to be very big when the weather turned slightly colder. I am not scrimping but have no inclination to turn any form of heating on, as the sun shining through the windows during the day, warms the house and evenings we just shut the door and snuggle into wrap around fleeces

I just cannot understand folk in general. The ones using the most heat now will be doing the crying when the big bills come in

matty2767

there are 76 of us in the club so how come i am 40/49?

Frugaldom

The others don't get counted until they have submitted 6 sets of reading, I don't think

Does anyone know if it is more economical and eco-friendly to use individual kitchen appliances than to switch on the grill or oven on an electric cooker? I have several 'appliances' for individual cooking jobs - slow cooker, steamer, microwave, toaster, sandwich toaster etc and tend to end up only using the oven for roasting a chicken (when I've forgotten to stick the slow cooker on), baking, heating pizza and grilling bacon or chops.

Would I be cheaper using a mini oven with grill and an actual breadmaker?

cw18

if I'm not counted until I've submitted 6 sets, then how come I've had a Carbon Club ranking since I entered the readings at the end of my first week

I assumed the others hadn't entered any readings at all (or only the very first ones as they signed up)

matty2767

me too and a couple of weeks ago i was 1st.

digimortal_2

another update. big washer/dryer week gone, so leccy up...

currently 7/49 in MSCC.. C rating
You have been taking readings for 8 weeks
Since you started measuring your total household -
Energy use is 1,184 kWh (Gas: 620kWh | Electricity: 564kWh)
Carbon emissions are 423 Kg CO2 (Gas: 128 Kg CO2 | Electricity: 295 Kg CO2)
Money Spent

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

• £3.50 on gas
• £9.84 on electricity

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (8 weeks ago):

• £21.71 on gas
• £67.68 on electricity

Carbon Emitted & Energy Used

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 172 households.
Carbon emissions Kg CO2 Last weekLast MonthLast QuarterPer person 21(40)20(28)0(21)Per household 63(95)61(71)0(51)
Gas use as kWh Last weekLast MonthLast QuarterPer Person 33(136)37(76)0(43)Per Household 100(303)111(182)0(101)
Electricity use as kWh Last weekLast MonthLast QuarterPer Person 27(25)24(24)0(23)Per Household 82(66)73(64)0(58)

making a big dent in my leccy bills with using E7 for DH,WM,HW etc.. its now about 25% of the total kWh's used in the house.. energy bulbs doing the job now as its darker mornings/nights etc.. heating is on, set @18.. room temp gets to about 20-21degrees(thats how we like it).. gas is only CH and cooker hob.. oven is leccy and everything else.. just to share info etc.. we use two lamps in our front room.. one is a low volt dimmer halogen type.. (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4324081/Trail/searchtext%3ELAMPS.htm) and the other one is homemade from led sticks(vase was £3.99 from wilco )..(http://i36.tinypic.com/30ho27q.jpg) both are enough for the room and are using approx.. 0.05kwh's(owl reading), these are on mostly all evening now..

belfastgirl23

I got a leaflet through with my latest electric bill which I just had a look at today. Apparently my little halogen lights in the kitchen (9 bulbs) are costing me around 15p a day to run or almost 1kwh! Have been looking at replacement bulbs although I'm still running through in my mind the environmental costs of getting rid of perfectly good bulbs vs the cost of running all that electric. So what I might do is hold onto the less efficient bulbs to replace as and when in the bathroom (we use those lights a lot less) and put new ones into the kitchen. Although I do not have a high success rate for getting the right bulbs and it will involve DH having to install them (too high for me) which is not good news!

The other thing I've realised lately is that the light outside our front door which is movement activated is off and on all night, even cars passing trigger it and ours is quite a busy street. And it's 150 watts I think! I know the movement range on the sensor is very limited so I was thinking of putting some masking tape or something over the top part so that it is just triggered if someone enters the garden. But it seems a bit hassly and I'm worried it will come off in the rain. Anyone any experience of this? Or even would it be possible to replace the movement sensor? I can't get rid of it altogether since it is an area where you need security measures!

I would love to find a way to keep my use to 9kwh per day but it's hard to see where I can make cuts...I'm currently at more like 10-11...though I am trying to wash more in cold water....

Any ideas would be very welcome!

digimortal_2

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

The other thing I've realised lately is that the light outside our front door which is movement activated is off and on all night, even cars passing trigger it and ours is quite a busy street. And it's 150 watts I think! I know the movement range on the sensor is very limited so I was thinking of putting some masking tape or something over the top part so that it is just triggered if someone enters the garden. But it seems a bit hassly and I'm worried it will come off in the rain. Anyone any experience of this?

yes, I have put black insulating tape over our sensor, manily to stop the cats right below it, from setting it off at night, its pointing down slightly only on our garden, which stops it activating when people walk by to the front.. but works when anyone steps on our path/garden etc.. also I set the timer, so ive just got enough time for either getting in my car in the morning, and for people comming/leaving..

Frugaldom

I don't know how the scores in the carbon club work, I was only guessing.