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That stat was surprising to me, I had assumed that light bulbs alone would have made a big dent in things (ie 60W vs 10W per bulb). They had a separate page [0]
by fbdab103 3y ago
That stat was surprising to me, I had assumed that light bulbs alone would have made a big dent in things (ie 60W vs 10W per bulb). They had a separate page [0] detailing some consumer habits which had some interesting nuggets. The overall point is that heating/cooling dominates residential usage, which is more than enough to swamp out efficiency gains from TVs, refrigerators, etc.
Evidently light bulb installation is significantly lower than I expected. I was unaware you could trivially acquire incandescent bulbs any more.
>In 2009, 58% of all households used at least one energy-efficient bulb indoors. In the 2015 RECS, which was administered from August 2015 to April 2016, 86% of households reported using at least one CFL or LED bulb. Nationwide, 18% of households responding to the latest RECS reported that they had no incandescent bulbs in their homes.
Also noteworthy that household consumption was based on electricity sales. Homes with installed solar/wind/battery would be under-represented in the stats, meaning overall consumption is higher than reported.
[0] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32212 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32212
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> household consumption was based on electricity sales. Homes with installed solar/wind/battery would be under-represented in the stats, meaning overall consumption is higher than reported I hadn’t considered this. Thank you.