I am a very conservational girl. I have been reducing, reusing and recycling since I moved out of my parent’s house and into my own, in 1976. However, I have been a huge waste-er of electricity—or so I’m told. Oh I turn lights off, inside and out, and have green star appliances but I leave everything else plugged in—ALL the time. So I ask I’m I really wasting that much energy?
Question: How much energy do my plugged in but turned off appliances use in a day? *
According to the California Energy Commission, 93% of the energy used by a small radio—like the one I have in my bathroom—is consumed during the 23 hours I have it turned off. Well we will see! Luckily I have a meter on my house, and I have looked up on Google how to read it, so here’s what I plan to do:
1. Collect data on how much electricity I use in one day with everything as it is now.
2. For one day I will unplug everything unless I am actually using it.
3. Collect power usage for each 24 hour period day at 7:00pm.
4. Using cost per Kilowatt hour from electric bill, calculate consumption in kW hrs.
*Since this is spring break and I'm hoping to get on top of this project, I am going to collect data over two days. If the numbers are insignificant—as I expect them to be—I will repeat for two-one week intervals after school begins.
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