It was easy to take the stairs to the sixth floor of the building this morning. I'd love to say that my legs have grown accustomed to the climb, but it'd be more accurate to say that I was too busy thinking about what I'd say in this post to notice I was out of breath.
Over the past week, the changes that I made cut my home electricity use by 0.95 kWh/day (sixteen percent), and my gas use by 0.5 therms/day (about 14.6 kWh, or nine percent of my daily average).
I can't say what I'd save over the course of a year, since energy use and energy saving strategies vary as the seasons change. But I'm surprised by how much I was able to reduce with relatively little effort.
I thought about ending with a post about all the power that we take for granted, the costs we incur just by living in a country with lit streets and plowed roads. But I'm feeling more upbeat than I thought I would be. So we'll end on that note, with the understanding that there's work to be done, in public and private.
My week has been a drop in the bucket, and after today no one else will see if I unplug my computer when I leave my desk or if I fling open my windows to heat the whole of New England.
Over the past week, the changes that I made cut my home electricity use by 0.95 kWh/day (sixteen percent), and my gas use by 0.5 therms/day (about 14.6 kWh, or nine percent of my daily average).
I can't say what I'd save over the course of a year, since energy use and energy saving strategies vary as the seasons change. But I'm surprised by how much I was able to reduce with relatively little effort.
I thought about ending with a post about all the power that we take for granted, the costs we incur just by living in a country with lit streets and plowed roads. But I'm feeling more upbeat than I thought I would be. So we'll end on that note, with the understanding that there's work to be done, in public and private.
My week has been a drop in the bucket, and after today no one else will see if I unplug my computer when I leave my desk or if I fling open my windows to heat the whole of New England.
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