GE has created an interactive infographic tool that shows you the power consumption of various home appliances and allows you to enable/disable the various appliances to compute a rough estimate of your own power consumption.
In the United States, over 20% of our total energy consumption is residential. In fact, in the United States, we are the 7th largest per capita consumer of residential energy. Where is all of that energy going? Are you living with a “gas-guzzler”? Explore the application below to understand more about how we consume energy in our homes. Blue stars indicate ENERGY STAR models are available. Click on the green stars to find out how quickly an ENERGY STAR appliance can pay for itself.
A surprising amount of information in a small space, and kinda fun to play with. My favorite part is to select “What does 1 Kilowatt hour yield” at the top, and then see the number of loads washed, messages recorded, or pages printed of the various appliances. FYI: 1 Kilowatt Hour records 60,000 Answering Machine Messages, and operates a wireless router for 6 days.
