Abstract
Domestic energy use can be directly influenced by personal choices. These choices include the selection of equipment (efficiency), mode of equipment use, consumer behaviour but also by self-production of electricity, space heating and/or cooling. Intelligent meters showing the actual use of electricity give insight in domestic energy use and is crucial in decreasing domestic energy use. However, households need better access to knowledge and experiences of experts to understand the potential choices to decrease their use of energy. Housing and equipment ‘labelling’ can give some support with these choices, but need to be more uniform and clear. Households controlling their own usage of energy and home production of electricity can make substantial savings on their energy bills. The paper describes experiences in practical situations using long term scientific and professional experiences.
Highlights
Domestic energy use in the world consists in a large part of heating energy, roughly 2 third
Many energy agencies expect that globally the use of domestic energy will just continue to increase due to the growing income trends in developing countries and that this can lead to energy and resource scarcities and climate affects
Possibilities to increase production of renewable energy and use by private households Results in this paper comes from personal practical experiments and knowledge by the author
Summary
Domestic energy use in the (western) world consists in a large part of heating energy (winter season, applicable e.g. for USA/Canada/most parts of Europe, Asia, including Russia, China, Japan etc.), roughly 2 third. For 1 third, a mix of energy for hot tap water, lighting, cooking, and domestic appliances. The higher the income of the household, the more energy is used, which is a global trend. Many energy agencies expect that globally the use of domestic energy will just continue to increase due to the growing income trends in developing countries and that this can lead to energy and resource scarcities and climate affects. On the other hand, have shown a slight decrease in per capita energy use [1]. This paper describes several trends with respect to: A. Possibilities to decrease of domestic energy use B. Possibilities to increase production of renewable energy and use by private households Results in this paper comes from personal practical experiments and knowledge by the author
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