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Energy Assessment: This week's imeasure weigh-in (27 Sept)

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    • CommentAuthorJTGreen
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    Don't forget to enter your data, folks.

    I have just done so, and realised that 'heating on' (yesterday for a couple of hours) makes a MASSIVE difference. I expect my CO2 weight to rocket this winter. But I have at least been prompted to contact my builder about the loft access and insulation.

    Of course, the Carbon Club is using data from the week ending 12 Sept, where I scored a more healthy-looking 7kg CO2 per person. The full horror is yet to come.

    A few people have registered, but are not entering the data - our little club of six or so is puny compared with Money Saving Expert Forum (they have over 180 members). It's never too late to join, either.
    • CommentAuthordocmartin
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    Just done my readings. Bit confusing as the prompts to enter readings are for the day after the recording dates in the table.
    Will the top 5 rankings be the only specific data we will see - however large the GBF Carbon Club becomes? As I only expect to appear in the 3rd or 4th Division ( non-radical refurb of 1930 era chalet bungalow), constantly looking at the results for the Premier division could be disheartening. IMHO Premier = stoic 2 jumper + woolly knickers in Passivhaus with microgen or various combinations of the above.
    Have already had my CH on for 9 days as I dare not let the considerable thermal mass of the dense bricks inside my CWI progressively cool.
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    Ho hum... I briefly joined the MSEF club just now, and was top (!), but as I'm only an occasional visitor to MSE.com and not a member and not really obsessed by 'money saving' (we're careful anyway and have only our mortgage debt), I've left again...

    Anyway JT, due to lots of activity in the kitchen this last week I think our gas usage/footprint will be up a bit and nibble away at some of the difference between our relative rankings next week! No need for our heating to be on yet though: still quite comfortable.

    Rgds

    Damon
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    Hi docmartin

    You're nominally recording details for the week just gone, ie on Monday morning for the 7 days up to midnight on Sunday.

    However, I take my 6 meter readings about 6pm each day so enter my Sunday 6pm figures on Monday morning at the crack of dawn! B^>

    Rgds

    Damon
    • CommentAuthorJTGreen
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    I think the most important data you see is your own, over time. Can I reduce my CO2 progressively over the course of the year? Will next winters data (post insulation efforts) be substantially different from this winter? Can I shave a bit off my gas consumption by stacking steamers and putting lids on?

    The rankings is just a bit of fun in comparison - it would be more fun if there were more members. I'm particularly interested to see someone with a new build ultra-insualted house stick their data in.
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    • CommentAuthorCanute
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    I briefly joined the GBF Carbon Club just for the craic of seeing myself in the non-league wooden spoon position. It confirmed the ungreenness of ASHP when it's assumed the power running it is fossil-derived. I found the imeasure site a bit clunky but will persist.
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    It does take quarterly readings doesn't it, before I dig out my bills.
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    ST: you can put in whatever you've got historically and it will interpolate the rest for you. I suggest at least quarterly, but the lag will probably penalise you quite a lot if you don't then read/enter weekly.

    Rgds

    Damon
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    Canute: ASAP + GB mains electricity should be pretty close to natural gas, ie if your CoP is much above 2.

    Rgds

    Damon
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    Thanks Damon
    Shall dig out the old one then, I know where they are, Honest.
    • CommentAuthorCanute
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    Damon

    I live in France. On a very clear still day I can just see the twin plumes of the nuclear station 40 miles away. Take your point though. I entered total units used rather than those just for heating, I'll try again - maybe I'll get to Port Vale level yet.

    Canute
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010 edited
     
    OK Canute, I should have emphasised "in the UK/GB"; quite right! Average grid intensity in France is low enough (though not zero) that even a very modest CoP should get you greener than burning any ff directly for heat, though a high CoP is better since a CoP of 1 from effectively direct resistance heating is a terrible waste (the energy should be shipped to the UK instead for example!).

    Rgds

    Damon
    • CommentAuthorJTGreen
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    And the point still holds....that imeasure is really geared at the demand side of energy (counting negawatts, if you like) and not the supply side, important as that may be.
    • CommentAuthorCanute
    • CommentTimeSep 27th 2010
     
    Damon

    Were I in the UK ASHP would have fallen at the first fence for the very reasons you state; I would have spent most of the money on insulation instead. Going for ASHP here was based partly on my projected ability to hump logs in 20 years' time! I hope France will embrace 'proper' renewables with both arms.
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010 edited
     
    <blockquote><cite>Posted By: Canute</cite>France will embrace 'proper' renewables with both arms.</blockquote>
    Seems they have embraced Wind more than us.

    http://www.gwec.net/fileadmin/documents/PressReleases/PR_2010/Annex%20stats%20PR%202009.pdf
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010
     
    That'll be quite suignficantly underreporting the UK position by now.

    Rgds

    Damon

    Rgds

    Damon
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010
     
    Damon

    Do you know of any newer figures for Europe (or the world). Be interesting to see how the recession is affecting things.
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      CommentAuthorDamonHD
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2010
     
    There are lots of sources, but the BWEA (as was is good for UK/GB numbers):

    http://www.bwea.com/ukwed/index.asp

    UK operational wind now: 5058.845

    EWEA and AWEA good sources for their balliwiks (European and American Wind Energy Associations).

    Rgds

    Damon

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