Project:EnergyConsumption

Current Consumption

We use a lot of power! We need to look at it critically so that we can keep our costs down and buy more cool stuff.

Survey

A survey of appliances in the space that could account for our energy consumption.

TODO

Get a kill-a-watt or equivalent to measure appliances.

Appliance	Min Power	Max Power
Flowers
Bell
Lovelace
Laser
Lights
Dishwasher

Solutions

Heater Timer

Hard-wire timer boxes onto the heaters, so that those wishing to use it can only turn it on for a certain time. Heaters cannot be accidentally left on.

PIR Workshop

Currently the workshop is used infrequetly and left empty for long times. This means the lights can be left on consuming power. A PIR will turn on when someone enters and turn lights off after a pre-defined period of activity. But note that it must not be possible for the PIR to turn the lights off while someone is operating machinery.

Turbine

TODO

• Need to okay with landlord

Solar Cells

TODO