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When it comes to absolutely zero-cost ways to save energy and money the options are few and far between. Unless you’re routinely leaving your windows open in the winter, it basically comes down to turning things off, lowering your expectations of what’s acceptable in some regard, or increasing the efficiency of …
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Refrigeration is a significant contributor to household electricity usage. An energy survey conducted by the energy supplier Ovo1 estimated that "cold appliances", including both fridges and freezers, accounted for 16% of all household electricity usage.
I've been wanting to understand my own …
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Simply put, standby power is the amount of power something is using when it's not switched on. One example might be your television. When you turn the television off, it's unlikely you're going to unplug it from the wall. This means that it's going to draw a small amount of power even when it's "off".
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Space heating is one of the largest contributors to personal carbon dioxide emissions. Pretty much all this carbon dioxide comes from burning natural gas in domestic boilers. If we are to reduce emissions to zero, the only way that this can be achieved is to replace the burning of gas with electricity-based heating …
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We are a typical UK household with a connection to the national gas grid. This means that we use natural gas to heat our home, heat our water, and cook our food.
Although I know how much gas we use overall, I don't have a breakdown on how much gas we use for each activity, or even each appliance. Working this out …
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