The average American home uses 45 kilowatt hours per day; this one uses only 800 watt hours--and it doesn't sacrifice on much to get there. Consider that a typical desktop computer, not including the monitor, uses 80W, this home does well.
A few readers over at Treehugger are complaining because the stove and refrigerator are powered by LP, therefore not counted in the "watts" used, but nonetheless, it still has a Mac laptop, a 12V Widescreen LCD TV, a DVD player, and an efficient surround sound stereo system.
We would venture to say that home like this makes living "green" much more appealing to the masses.
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Comments (6)
Interesting, but please watch your units - it uses 800 watt hours per day, not 800 watts per day. Thank you!
Thank you for catching my error! I've corrected it.
Real Simple did an article on this about a year ago in their green issue. One of the things they suggested for the un-green masses was to unplg appliances when they were not in use (even the TV if I remember correctly) to cut back on use. They also said the "torch" lights (link below) were major energy guzzlers.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=sc_pgc_r_9_0_273148011/601-4443036-3094550?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000GRAICM
My average electric bill is about 100 kWh/month (~$9, 3.3kWh/day) without any conscious conservation efforts. Gas heater, water heater & stove, no AC (not needed in oakland), no dishwasher or laundry. The average fridge alone is supposed to be around 100kW/month, so sure, put my fridge on LP like they did and it'd be no problem! But only 'cause I live in a small, cheap apartment, with lots of light-providing windows, in a temperate climate, and with a lot of energy use put on my gas bill instead of electric.
MonsterMash: here in Belgium, things like TVs and stereo systems have proper 'off' (not standby) buttons - I wonder why manufacturers don't build these in for products they sell in North America?
We have a two-story, two-bedroom apartment of about 1300sq ft, and we use less than 175kwh/month - I can't even imagine what we'd have to switch on to be using 45kwh/day.
I'm using 4kwh/day in the summer here in Portland. 550 sq/ft, 1950's building. The only fancy thing I installed was a solatube. The big energy drain is that refridgerator. Things get spendy when you have blowers running for the heat and cooling systems.