Energy Use

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Introduction

The amount of Energy consumed during a specified time period for a specific purpose (e.g. for indoor climate control), including losses of installation.

Brief Description

General tips to reduce energy use:

• Choose energy-efficient home appliances, which have been designed with energy conservation in mind.

• Choose natural gas furnaces, water heaters, stoves, and clothes dryers. Natural gas is significantly more efficient than electricity derived from fossil fuel sources, for heating purposes. An efficient way to use electricity for heating is with a heat pump.

• Try to use natural ventilation and only use your heater when temperatures drop below 20°C(68°F), and try to only use cooling devices when temperatures get above 26°C(78°F).

• Also try to reduce heating cost, cooling cost, lighting cost, water usage, household waste, electricity use, ventilate properly and should reduce transportation energy usage.

References:

http://www.hi-energy.org.uk/glossary.html

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Energy_Efficiency_Reference/Residential/How_to_Reduce_Energy_Usage