Saving Energy at Home
Everything you need to know to understand how energy is used in your home and how you can reduce it.
Our Course Can Help You Understand
Home energy use and the associated Costs
Learn the basics of energy use in your home such as how to read your electricity bill.
How to save energy in your home
Identify which appliances are your main energy users and how to reduce their comsumption.
The potential savings of an intervention
Calculate what you’d save after implementing an energy-saving change.
Residential electricity bills are continually going up. An energy-saving intervention in your home is a smart move as you will not only thank yourself when you see the savings on your municipality bill, but you’ll also tread lighter on the earth.
That’s where Urban Earth’s course comes in. In our highly personalised course introducing saving energy at home, we’ll help you understand:
- How to determine your energy use and associated costs
- How geysers (water-heating) use energy
- How lights use energy
- How various home appliances use energy
- How to find energy-saving opportunities for your home
- How to calculate what you’d save if you implement an energy-saving change
You’ll also gain access to our calculation tool to help you meter your daily energy usage and work out how long it will take to pay back an energy-saving intervention in terms of electricity and money saved.