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Citizen Power 2121 Murray Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (412) 421-6072 (412) 421-6162 Fax info@citizenpower.com	Energy Efficiency Facts Gallons of oil by which daily U.S. consumption would drop if SUV's average fuel efficiency increased by 3 mpg: 49,000,000. Gallons of oil per day that the proposed drilling of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is projected to yield; 42,000,000. The difference between a 20% and 30% improvement in efficiency in central ac units saves the amount of energy generated from approximately 46 300 MW power plants. If instead of heading backwards by weakening the central AC and heat pump standards the administration got cracking on new standards now due for commercial air conditioning and other products, they could eliminate the need for another 50 plants. Unfortunately, the administration has proposed to cut the budget for developing new standards by 50%, making forward progress on cost effective efficiency standards difficult. If you replaced your Ford Excursion with a Honda Insight, over its lifetime you'd save $11,000 on gas and produce 107 fewer tons of CO2. If you replaced your 1972 refrigerator with a 2001 model, you'd cut CO2 emissions by 1,100 pounds a year and save $80 a year on your energy bill. If you replaced your top-loading washing machine with a new front-loader, you'd save $100 a year in energy, water, and detergent. If you replaced your 75-watt incandescent lightbulb with a 20-watt compact fluorescent, you'd get the same amount of light but save 1,300 pounds of CO2 and $55. Conservation means sitting in the dark. Efficiency means installing lights that use one-fourth the energy, and letting an automatic sensor turn them off when you leave. If each household in the U.S. replaced four 100-watt bulbs with compact fluorescents, we would save the energy output of 30 300-MW powerplants. (note: doesn't estimate peak coincidence or load diversity, and hence doesn't directly predict peak power impact.) Conservation means sweating with the AC unit off. Efficiency means installing a unit 30% more efficient than today's standard, and using an automatic thermostat to save energy when you are away from home. If the Bush Administration were to uphold the 30%-improvement standard issued in January 2001, we would prevent the need for 138 300-Megawatt powerplants. The administration's announced plan to roll back these standards would force us to build 43 of those plants. ( these are peak-coincident numbers)(note: the three most recent standards--water heaters, clothes washers, and air conditioners--could together save 170 powerplants. Additional standards for commercial equipment could save another 50 powerplants. The DOE Annual Energy Outlook forecast does not include the effect of these standards in its projection of 1300 powerplants needed by 2020. The 1300 includes about 230 replacement plants, so the new-capacity-only plants are 1070. Overall, new standards can save a total of 220 out of the projected 1070.) Conservation means wearing sweaters or T-shirts in drafty, inefficient buildings. Efficiency means investing in the new designs, systems, and components that have been proven to save 30-50% or more in new homes and commercial buildings, at very low added capital cost. Saving even a conservative 1 kW per new home and 10 kW per new commercial building means that in 2020, we can avoid another 100 300-MW powerplants. (estimate is peak-coincident) Home \| Search \| Feedback \| Links

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Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(412) 421-6072
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Energy Efficiency Facts

Gallons of oil by which daily U.S. consumption would drop if SUV's average fuel efficiency increased by 3 mpg: 49,000,000.

Gallons of oil per day that the proposed drilling of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is projected to yield; 42,000,000.

The difference between a 20% and 30% improvement in efficiency in central ac units saves the amount of energy generated from approximately 46 300 MW power plants.

If instead of heading backwards by weakening the central AC and heat pump standards the administration got cracking on new standards now due for commercial air conditioning and other products, they could eliminate the need for another 50 plants. Unfortunately, the administration has proposed to cut the budget for developing new standards by 50%, making forward progress on cost effective efficiency standards difficult.

If you replaced your Ford Excursion with a Honda Insight, over its lifetime you'd save $11,000 on gas and produce 107 fewer tons of CO2.

If you replaced your 1972 refrigerator with a 2001 model, you'd cut CO2 emissions by 1,100 pounds a year and save $80 a year on your energy bill.

If you replaced your top-loading washing machine with a new front-loader, you'd save $100 a year in energy, water, and detergent.

If you replaced your 75-watt incandescent lightbulb with a 20-watt compact fluorescent, you'd get the same amount of light but save 1,300 pounds of CO2 and $55.

Conservation means sitting in the dark. Efficiency means installing lights that use one-fourth the energy, and letting an automatic sensor turn them off when you leave. If each household in the U.S. replaced four 100-watt bulbs with compact fluorescents, we would save the energy output of 30 300-MW powerplants. (note: doesn't estimate peak coincidence or load diversity, and hence doesn't directly predict peak power impact.)

Conservation means sweating with the AC unit off. Efficiency means installing a unit 30% more efficient than today's standard, and using an automatic thermostat to save energy when you are away from home. If the Bush Administration were to uphold the 30%-improvement standard issued in January 2001, we would prevent the need for 138 300-Megawatt powerplants. The administration's announced plan to roll back these standards would force us to build 43 of those plants. ( these are peak-coincident numbers)(note: the three most recent standards--water heaters, clothes washers, and air conditioners--could together save 170 powerplants. Additional standards for commercial equipment could save another 50 powerplants. The DOE Annual Energy Outlook forecast does not include the effect of these standards in its projection of 1300 powerplants needed by 2020. The 1300 includes about 230 replacement plants, so the new-capacity-only plants are 1070. Overall, new standards can save a total of 220 out of the projected 1070.)

Conservation means wearing sweaters or T-shirts in drafty, inefficient buildings. Efficiency means investing in the new designs, systems, and components that have been proven to save 30-50% or more in new homes and commercial buildings, at very low added capital cost. Saving even a conservative 1 kW per new home and 10 kW per new commercial building means that in 2020, we can avoid another 100 300-MW powerplants. (estimate is peak-coincident)

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