The Green Project – Electric usage up in Nov :(
Last month, we started our green project as a pre-new year resolution and so far, we have seen some mixed results. I say mixed because there have been a lot of positive outcomes and at the same time, a few surprises. One such surprise has been our electricity bill for November. If you remember, I had posted our electricity usage for the last 4 months in this writing. We were really excited to see our bills coming down month after month. However, for the month of November, our bill went back up to $80.75. That is almost a 20% increase from the October bill. I’m not sure as to where we having been using up more electricity but I must admit, November was at least 10 degrees cooler than October in Austin. So the heater has been ON for a few hours daily the past 3 to 4 weeks. Now I wish I had more info on Nov 2007′s electricity usage for a better comparison YOY. But it wouldn’t be an accurate one since we were living in a different apartment then, a much smaller one indeed. I do have data Jan 2008 onwards for our current apartment. It’d be interesting to compare next month’s bill with Jan 2007′s. Till then, we are going to continue to strive for minimum usage/wastage and stick to our green project for the rest of 2009 (and thereafter too!). One way to save electricity during the Winter would be by turning OFF the heating while you’re away for work during the day.