Hi world,
Did you know that your hot water tank
is the least efficient appliance in your home by far? The US
Department of Energy1
posted a frightening graph last summer depicting the efficiency of
the most common home appliances and it looks like this:
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| This chart shows how much energy a typical appliance uses per year and its corresponding cost based on national averages. For example, a refrigerator/freezer uses almost five times the electricity the average television uses. |
We've been talking about how important
it is to lower your energy usage, not only for the planet but for
your wallet as well. A 20% reduction from the 2300 kWh a 2-person
home uses on average for hot water heating drops you to 1840 kWh, a
reduction of 460 kWh. At a residential average of $0.1246 per kWh,
that's a savings of $57.32 just on the smallest version of the least
efficient appliance. That means that even if you only had one Peco-M
3600 Series working in your home, it would be paid for and saving you
money within the first two years of use. With a five-year warranty,
that is a smart decision. If you have a 50 gallon tank, like most
homes do, and you use it an average of three hours a day, you're
looking at $591.30 per year and could save up to $118.26 in a year,
recovering your costs almost immediately. From then on, you're just
saving money, year after year.
Now imagine if you were using Peco-M
Systems with other appliances in your home. BC Hydro2
says electric baseboard heating accounts for 44% of your yearly bill
($607.50 as a low average for total yearly, $267.30 of which is from
your baseboard heating). A Peco-M 2400 Series would, based on those
numbers, save up to $53.46 a year.
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| image from troymedia.com |
Add in a 1500W space heater3
and you're saving another $32.85. All this adds up – with three
systems in place in the average North American home, the savings with
three Peco-M Systems are a staggering $204.57 per year. Plus,
because many electricity providers charge different rates according
to energy usage, you'll likely stay within the lower rate as well.
But the big benefit is to the
environment. If you are using 2200 less kWh, the power companies
have to provide that much less, and though each individual home will
not have a large impact, having even five homes means the power
company is needs to create a whole home's less power for the year.
Even if we underestimated and said it were one in ten, that is still 10% less power, 10% less draw on our resources.
Will you work with us?
-SWW
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