Energy

• Energy consumption is one of the easiest places to reduce personal impact
• Level I- Be aware, turn off lights, computers, and other home electronics.
• Level II-Buy green power
• Level III- produce your own renewable energy

Examples

• In Cleveland green power from first energy may soon be an option
• Home energy audits will show how you can reduce your load without making significant changes.
• For Example- A typical desktop computer (not including the monitor) uses about 65 watts give or take a few watts depending on the computer. A typical desktop computer with a processor running at a 100% load uses about 90 watts. The typical desktop in hibernation uses about 3-35 watts depending on the hardware. The formula to figure out much you’re spending each year on using your computer goes like this: A watts / 1,000 = B kilowatts * C hours per day of usage = D kWh * $0.13 (rate you pay from electricity company per kWh) = E (cost per day) * 365 = F (cost per year). http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-much-electricity-does-my-co...

Additional Information

• Green Energy Ohio is a great local organization dedicated to promoting renewable energy in the area. There web site is a great collection of resources about everything from purchasing green energy to installing your own means of energy production. http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=3
• These are some online home energy audit tools that will help you figure out where you can conserve.
• http://www.thesolarguide.com/calc.aspx
• http://hes.lbl.gov/ http://www.santee.org/save/energycalculator.html http://www.mygreenelectronics.org/EnergyCalculator.aspx