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| My Demo'd Laundry Room |
Well another month of summer has passed and fall is looming. I've been busting my butt making sure everything is ready for the impending arrival of the twins. And somehow I got the bright idea to renovate my laundry room to a mudroom. Now, I will admit that I had been talking about it for a while, but just hadn't 'pulled the trigger' on it. I guess I saw this as my last opportunity so I had better get moving!
Without further delay, below is my energy results...
August 2012 Bill
Total consumption: 758 kWh
Number of Days: 30
Average Daily Consumption: 25.27 kWh/day
Cooling Degree Days: 517
Energy Consumption per CDD: 1.47 kWh/CD
2012 Bill: $85.62
August 2013 Bill
Total consumption: 631 kWh
Number of Days: 31
Average Daily Consumption: 20.35 kWh/day (19.44% reduction from 2012)
Cooling Degree Days: 394
Energy Consumption per CDD: 1.60 kWh/CD (9.23% increase from 2012)
2012 Bill: $70.78 (Bill Savings: $14.84)
What's interesting about this month is that while I show a nearly 20% reduction in energy usage, the cooler than normal weather had a high influence as shown by the ~9% increase in consumption per CDD. This is mainly because my pregnant wife has taken full control over the A/C. I've found the A/C down to 72F at times...as compared to the set point of 77F. But she gets the benefit of the doubt on this one since she's carrying around 2 little ones.
Looking at the Ecobee stats for the geothermal system, last month had the following:
Upstairs
Runtime: 152 hrs
Runtime per CDD: 0.41 hrs/CDD
Avg Indoor Temperature: 74.7F
Avg Outdoor Temperature: 85F
Downstairs
Runtime: 53 hrs
Runtime per CDD: 0.14 hrs/CDD
Avg Indoor Temperature: 75.6F
Avg Outdoor Temperature: 85F
So....can you guess which thermostat my wife has latched onto? Yeah...she likes it nice and cool when she sleeps. There's times I wake up and I'm cold! This is not the way it normally is. But, in about a week, maybe we'll be able to allow the thermostat to stay at some normal temperatures..just .maybe...
