My Energy use Diary

cw18

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Just read my meters (had a job opening the cupboards due to ice between the top of the doors and the frames!).

Came and put the figures into my spreadsheet.....

Electricity (as I suspected) has dropped -- since elder DS came home on leave mid-November we've averaged 11-12.5kWh/day, but he's been away 9 days (came back last night), and our average this week is down to 9.4kWh/day :T

But :eek: at the gas -- it's almost double what we used last week :eek: Up from 265kWh to a whopping 495kWh :eek: I knew it had been colder this week, but that's some major increase

I did put the water heating back on for half an hour and run the heating for an extra hour and a bit one night, as I treated myself to a bath. Felt like a change from a strip wash or shower, but I guess this accounts for some of the increase

But somehow we've still managed to maintain our 'C' rating


Last week you spent:

• £16.66 on gas (s/sheet figure = £15.97)
• £7.92 on electricity (s/sheet figure = £7.52)

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (15 weeks ago):

• £96.16 on gas (s/sheet figure = £103.27)
• £140.04 on electricity (s/sheet figure = £128.47)

Against all gas/electric households our results are......

Carbon emissions Kg CO2
........................Last week......Last Month......Last Quarter
Per Person............66 (62)...........51 (63)...........41 (50)
Per Household.....133 (160).........102 (177).........82 (139)

Gas use as kWh
........................Last week......Last Month......Last Quarter
Per Person..........238 (223).........150 (195).........101 (155)
Per Household.....476 (558).........299 (491).........203 (387)

Electricity use as kWh
........................Last week......Last Month......Last Quarter
Per Person...........33 (32)..........39 (43)............39 (35)
Per Household......66 (88)...........78 (146)..........78 (112)


For what it's worth, we're showing as 11/55 in the Carbon Club. Not convinced they've ever fixed this though

A_fiend_for_life

Slight improvement on last week :rolleyes: used only 4kw for last week mostly fridge and phone after being away. :j Just got in and the thermometer in the living room was reading 5C :eek: so back to normal consuption I think.

Carbon club rating is an A and 22 / 55.

You have been taking readings for 23 weeks

Since you started measuring your total household -
Energy use is 2,426 kWh (Gas: 1,883kWh | Electricity: 543kWh)
Carbon emissions are 672 Kg CO2 (Gas: 388 Kg CO2 | Electricity: 284 Kg CO2)

Last week you spent:

* £0.00 on gas
* £0.48 on electricity

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (23 weeks ago):

* £65.92 on gas
* £65.16 on electricity

Carbon Emitted & Energy Used

All users/All housetypes

Your results are being compared with the averages of 254 households.

Carbon emissions Kg CO2
...............Last week..Last Month..Last Quarter
Per person.....2 (62).....22 (63).....37 (50)
Per household..2 (161)....22 (178)....37 (139)

Gas use as kWh
...............Last week..Last Month..Last Quarter
Per Person.....0 (223)....72 (194)....121 (154)
Per Household..0 (558)....72 (491)....121 (387)

Electricity use as kWh
...............Last week..Last Month..Last Quarter
Per Person.....4 (33).....15 (43).....24 (35)
Per Household..4 (89).....15 (147)....24 (114)

A_fiend_for_life

cw18 wrote: »

I did put the water heating back on for half an hour and run the heating for an extra hour and a bit one night, as I treated myself to a bath. Felt like a change from a strip wash or shower, but I guess this accounts for some of the increase

I have a bath once a year whether I need it or not.:D

TITEASCRAMP

Back to normal this wk. Well nearly dd only went back to school Wed. But I'm well down from what we was over Christmas.

• £4.66 on gas 133Kwh
• £6.48 on electricity 54 kWh

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (12 weeks ago):

• £46.92 on gas
• £79.68 on electricity

Got my new bills on Friday from EDF. My dd for elec seems to be okay. I reduced it when I went on my mission. I'm now paying £30 mth, and I've spend £28 this month. So thats good seeing as it was Dece and my biggest mnth.

Hopefully we should be able to reduce it to about £26:T

Decola

It's been a cold week, with temperatures frequently below freezing (-12 one night) - so I have been heating one room only to 16c during the daytime, resulting in my gas usage increasing from 44kwh last week (heating one tank of water a day, and a little cooking), to 266kwh this week.

I'd have used fewer kwh heating electrically, but the higher cost per unit would have balanced it out.

Gas usage £9.31 - 266kwh
Electricity £3.00 - 25kwh

Penny2myName

Last week you spent:

• £27.16 on gas 776kWh:eek::eek: I refuse to freeze
• £11.76 on electricity 98kWh

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (17 weeks ago):

• £345.10 on gas
• £157.32 on electricity

Frugaldom

Carbon Rate - D
Carbon Club 20/48

Your Results in Detail


You have been taking readings for 5 weeks
Since you started measuring your total household -
Energy use is 1,896 kWh (Gas: 0kWh | Electricity: 1,896kWh)
Carbon emissions are 992 Kg CO2 (Gas: 0 Kg CO2 | Electricity: 992 Kg CO2)
Money Spent

Last week you spent:

• £0.00 on gas
• £48.12 on electricity (actual spent on prepayment meter = £31.46)

On top of this, it's also costing me £14 per week on coal and logs, but

1. I don't need to leave the house for work
2. The house isn't freezing
3. I have hot water every morning
4. I cook every day
5. Most importantly, an open fire can't go out during a power cut

belfastgirl23

Well my energy use has almost halved since DH has been away but this has involved pretty much heading to bed at 8pm with the laptop on weeknights which is really too much of a sacrifice to make under normal conditions. Electric use down from 84kwh last week to 43kwh this week (lower than it was when we were on holiday!) and gas down from 894kwh to 545kwh. And yet I am still at an E which is a bit frustrating (in fact really confusing!). Still I'm pretty pleased with myself, especially since it was so cold here last week. Oh and I was at no 9 in the club as well....

Hopefully won't be so cold this week. DH is away till friday so planning to keep usage down again...

EDIT** also meant to say that I got an electric bill last week and my usage for the oct-jan period has gone down from 1169kwh last year to 955 this year. This is the first full period I've been using Imeasure so some of the suggestions I've been taking have obviously helped, thanks everyone for all the tips.

A_fiend_for_life

I've spent a lot of time outdoors and haven't had the heating on so much this week. Need to spend more time outside I think.:j

23 / 49 and an A.

Since you started measuring your total household -
Energy use is 2,528 kWh (Gas: 1,972kWh | Electricity: 556kWh)
Carbon emissions are 697 Kg CO2 (Gas: 406 Kg CO2 | Electricity: 291 Kg CO2)

£3.12 on gas
£1.56 on electricity

Total you have spent on energy since starting imeasure (24 weeks ago):

£69.02 on gas
£66.72 on electricity

Carbon Emitted & Energy Used

All users/All housetypes

246 households.

Carbon emissions Kg CO2
................Last week..Last Month..Last Quarter
Per person......25 (65)....16 (63).....37 (51)
Per household...25 (170)...16 (177)....37 (141)

Gas use as kWh
................Last week..Last Month..Last Quarter
Per Person......89 (237)...50 (202)....122 (161)
Per Household...89 (603)...50 (512)....122 (402)

Electricity use as kWh
................Last week..Last Month..Last Quarter
Per Person......13 (32)....12 (41).....23 (35)
Per Household...13 (88)....12 (136)....23 (112)

Frugaldom

Again, WOW! I don't know how you do it, AFFL, I really don't. How do the i-measure figures compare to what you actually spend? You seem to spend less on electricity in a week than it costs me for my standing charge.

My coalman arrived - coal's gone up another £ per bag to £11.50 a bag for the cheapest delivered, almost 10% increase on last month's price and he reckons it'll go up again before Autumn. Top 'grade A' coal is now sitting at over £15 per bag most places. :eek: I'll be counting the lumps as they go on the fire, at this rate! :rotfl: One bag will need to stretch to 11.5 days now or my budget will be blown the first month of the year!