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At my house, I was using 40000 kWh per year.
Primary change: swapped out the 1 hp pool pump for a VFD. This saved about 6000 kWh per year.
I switched to all LED lights, with the exception of a few closets up stairs which received curly fluorescent bulbs from elsewhere in the house.
I replaced my powered attic fans with turbine ventilators. This saves about 1700 kWh/year.
I'm down to about 30000 per year.
Hot Water heaters are gas, as it the stove. Ovens are electric. If there were a replacement gas wall over, I might consider it.
The main way for me to further reduce power consumption would be Air Conditioner change out. I will do this when the units fail. They will be swapped out for VFD units in the 20+ SEER range, depending on the price. My estimate for Air Con usage is 17500 kWh per year. 20 seer would reduce my usage by 35% to about 11,500.
I would also like to install a "mini-split" unit in our master bedroom. We like it cool at night and at present, this means lowering the whole downstairs temperature at night. It uses about 8kWh per night. If the mini-split reduces this to 1kWh, then that could save about 2500 kWh per year and get me near 20000.
The other pool related thing I can do is to eliminate the pool cleaner pump. It uses 2kW per day, and could theoretically be replaced with a valve and the VFD pump. This could eliminate another 600 kWh. The rest of the electric usage is mostly refrigerators and computer servers/network equipment.
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
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Last edited by red-beard; 03-24-2018 at 09:18 AM..
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