Appliance Survey

K-12 Energy Education ProgramRequired assignment: The purpose of this activity is to teach you how to calculate the energy consumption of various appliances around your home or school.

Steps

  1. Print out hard copy of Appliance Survey (MS word version or PDF version). Start by doing a light count and calculating the watts used in one room.
  2. Follow the directions on the survey to calculate watts for various appliances and lighting devices. The first two columns are filled out to provide an example. See "Wattages of Small- and Medium-Sized Electrical Appliances and Equipment Found in Homes and Schools" Chart for more information.
  3. Look for appliances that are leaking electricity.
  4. Submit answers if required by instructor.
  5. NOTE: Do not indicate units ("watts" or "hrs/day") in your answers in Row 2, Row 3, and Row 6.

(If you are not an enrolled participant, please do not submit this activity. Print out the provided information sheets and try to complete it on your own. If you have questions contact KEEP at energy@uwsp.edu. Thank you!)

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Example 1Example 2Item 1Item 2Item 3
1. Item Name
Description of light or appliance
2. Watts
# of watts used when on
3. Hours / Day
Average of hours/day "on"
4. Is it left on when no one is using it?
Average of hours/day "on"
 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No
5. Does it leak electricity?
See Leaking Electricity Background
 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No		 Yes
No
6. Leaking watts
(If leaks, estimate of wattage when off-see Leaking Watts Chart)
7. Time item is on in a month
Hours/Day (Row 3) x 30 days
8. Time item is not on
720 hrs/month - Row 7
9. Watt - Hours used when on
Watts (Row 2) x (Row 7)
10. Watt - Hours used when off
Leaking watts (Row 6) x (Row 8)
11. Total Watt - Hours used in a month
Watts used when on (Row 9) + Watts used when off (Row 10)
12. Total kilowatt hours for month
Watt-hours (Row 11) divided by 1,000 watts
13. Rank of item's electricity use
Rank the item using the most electricity #1, the second #2, etc.
14. Item's relative importance
Use a scale of 1 to 5 where
5 = Must have this item
3 = Item is somewhat important
1 = Don't need item
 
NOTE: If you are NOT enrolled as a participant in NRES 733 - Energy Education: Concepts and Practices please do not submit this activity.

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