Insider Secrets Magazine by ecoMaster

TIP
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In order to kiss your energy bills goodbye:
Understand how much energy you’re using and
exactly where it’s going
Think about possibly replacing the energy-hungry
appliances
Consider fuel switching; if you’re using gas, the
best gas furnace is 90% efficient; but common
gas furnaces operate around 70% efficient. In
comparison, split systems operate around 500%
efficient, so switching to an all-electric home is a
great way of improving efficiency
The next step is thermal efficiency. By improving
the thermal efficiency of your home, you reduce
the amount of energy you need to heat or cool
and vastly improve indoor comfort. That is what
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Then install solar panels. By
this stage of the process, you’ve
will have a good handle on how
much solar panel capacity you
actually need to offset your
home’s energy use. With solar
panels, you might also think
about which direction you want
the solar panels facing
Finally, store the excess solar
energy into batteries.
With these areas all covered, you
should be able to kiss your energy
bills goodbye.
TIP #02
ENERGY USE
WATTS AND
KILO WATT
HOURS
EXPLAINED
SIMPLY
What is the difference between watts and kilowatt-hours? Kilowatthours
are actually what your energy retailer charges you for. Let’s
say they charge you 30 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Watts on the other can be a little confusing as appliances use
watts. Electricity can be thought of much like water, so instead of
electricity coming out of wires, think of it as water coming out of a
tap - its the same principle.
Imagine that a jug represents one kilowatt-hour, so when its full of
water, you owe your energy retailer 30 cents. An LED lamp uses 10
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watts, which is the tiniest dribble.
It’s not much, but we have five
so that increases somewhat. So
whilst the dribble has increased,
it’s going to take some time to fill
up the jug. The longer we leave
the lights on, the more jugs we’re
going to fill over the period of a
year.
Now the toaster uses about 600
watts of electricity, so the water
will come out of the tap quicker
but its used for a very short time.
It won’t fill up the jug as much.
But a high efficiency, moderatesized
split system uses the same
power. So if you use one of those
to heat your home, and have it for
a few hours, we are going to fill
up one or two jugs by doing that.
The other thing that fills the jug
is standby power such as the
internet router and the clocks in
appliances, These are on 24/7,
so that will continue to fill jugs
throughout the year.
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