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FOCUS on Energy ReductionLast modified: August 31, 2009 - 11:17 AM
Measure Your Electricity Usage, save money and the environmentDid you know your dryer could be costing you $60 a year in electricity costs and could be releasing up to 500kg of greenhouse gas emissions each year! Residents of the Great Lakes now have free access to Power Usage Meters providing the tools to help households conduct a home energy assessment. The assessment will help you pinpoint high energy consuming appliances and provide you with information on how much each appliance costs to run. By better understanding your energy consumption you can learn to make simple changes, potentially saving several hundred dollars a year and tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. The Power Usage Meter is a simple handheld device used to measure the electricity consumption and running costs of electrical appliances. The device calculates how much money it costs you to run your appliances for every hour, quarter or year. The unit can even calculate the power used by appliances, like TV’s, that use standby power. Standby power is nearly 10% of household energy consumption. Just by turning appliances off at the wall, households can save around $100 per year. FOCUS on Energy Reduction kits free to borrow from Forster and Tea Gardens Libraries
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