Powering a Nation: Enlightening the energy ignorant

A few weeks ago a journalist at UNC reached out about an online news site about energy sponsored by the Carnegie and Knight foundations titled Powering a Nation.  From the Powering a Nation About us section:

“Powering a Nation will investigate the political, economic and scientific tensions behind U.S. energy use through advanced reporting … continue reading

How much electricity does my AC consume?

Stop that AC unit!

My recent post on lowering your energy consumption due to your Air Conditioning provided steps you could use to control your AC, but it didn’t analyze how much energy your air conditioner uses when it is running.  We will look at calculating AC energy consumption in this post.

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