Energy Usage Calculator

Powerwise online calculator

Directions:

1. Print off this helpful Bulb Inventory.
2. Take a walk through your home to document the items that you have plugged in for each room. Don't forget your basement and garage or outbuildings.
3. Use the Powerwise Calculator to discover the cost of running your appliances in a one-month period.

• Pick an appliance and insert your approximate usage figures.
• Click "Calculate and Add to Total" to display the cost of operating that appliance for one month.
• Then continue the process until you have gone through your home.

Use the link at the bottom of that page to get the report of your total monthly usage.

Home Audit Spreadsheets

These are the files referred to in the 2009 Library Workshops. There are two tabs in this Excel spreadsheet. One is for calculating Phantom Load and the other is for use with the Line Logger.

Home Audit spreadsheets in Excel

Also available in a pdf to print out and do calculations by hand. For those who can not open Excel spreadsheets on their computer.

Line Logger Worksheet for printing

Phantom Load Worksheet for printing

 

This page last updated 2009-09-30.