Comments on: FIRST SMART METERS FOR GREEN STREETS http://transitionhorncastle.org/green-streets/first-smart-meters-for-green-streets/ Building a low-carbon community in Lincolnshire Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:52:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: C. http://transitionhorncastle.org/green-streets/first-smart-meters-for-green-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-226 C. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:18:36 +0000 http://transitionhorncastle.org/?p=1193#comment-226 Although not part of the Green Streets project, our household uses an energy monitor. We've had it for about 4 months and it has had a huge impact on how we use electricity. The most significant immediate change we made was replacing all our light bulbs with energy saving ones. At the time we only had about 50% energy saving light bulbs throughout the house. But seeing how much the non-energy saving lights were drawing was surprising. Also things like seeing how much the washing machine draws on 30 C. compared to 40 C. ect. Even though on paper we know these things make a difference, actually watching the meter tick by and being able to see how much you have used on a daily/hourly ect basis is very useful. Although not part of the Green Streets project, our household uses an energy monitor. We’ve had it for about 4 months and it has had a huge impact on how we use electricity. The most significant immediate change we made was replacing all our light bulbs with energy saving ones. At the time we only had about 50% energy saving light bulbs throughout the house. But seeing how much the non-energy saving lights were drawing was surprising.

Also things like seeing how much the washing machine draws on 30 C. compared to 40 C. ect. Even though on paper we know these things make a difference, actually watching the meter tick by and being able to see how much you have used on a daily/hourly ect basis is very useful.

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