Power Use Report Card Jan - Mch 09

It's been a while since I've reported on my power usage, mainly due to moving flat but also because I no longer get online reports from my energy supplier.

So, being anal about these things, I decided to start keeping a record of it myself. I've never had a gas supply before so it has been interesting to watch how much of that I use, especially as it now controls my heating and hot water. In my previous flat, it was easy to switch the hot water on whenever I was going to need it but that's not so easy with a gas boiler. Plus it was incredibly easy to put the heating and hot water on a timer and then just forget about it for the winter. Thus, most of the variation in my gas usage is due to cooking but my central heating has been switched off for the last two weeks:

Gas Stats:

Length of Period: 91 Days

Total Usage: 202 kW/h

Average Per Day: 2.2 kW/h

If Applied Over The Year: 803 kW/h

Average Yearly UK Household Gas Use: 19000 kW/h

CO2 Emissions From My Gas Use: 38.38kg

I'm still trying to work out all the foibles of this flat and how to optimise the energy use - what can be plugged in where, what can be left on and what I'm happy to switch off. So I'm not completely happy with my electricity use. This is apparent in the last week where my electricity use has plummeted - a combination of the shifts I was working plus discovering that my router can be happily switched off with no side-effects, allowing all my computer equipment to be turned off when not in use. It's what I used to do in my old flat, but I had a different modem then.

Electricity Stats:

Length of Period: 91 Days

Total Usage: 530 kW/h

Average Per Day: 5.8 kW/h

If Applied Over The Year: 2117 kW/h

Average Yearly UK Household Electricity Use: 3700 kW/h

CO2 Emissions From My Electricity Use: 227.9 kg


Figures for average UK energy use and CO2 figures are taken from the book How to Live a Low-carbon Life by Chris Goodall