Outside Temperature and Energy Consumption


You know from reading my blog on household energy consumption that heating and air conditioning make up almost 50% of your energy usage.  And once you know that, it is fairly obvious that outside air temperature would be the biggest influence on how long you have your air conditioner or heat on.  But … continue reading


Find your city’s temperature history


In Sunday’s post I’m going to be looking at how outside air temperature impacts your home’s energy consumption (mostly because of heating/air conditioning).  In order to do that, I had to find history data on weather in my city.  This was actually harder than I thought.  Here’s how to do it in case … continue reading

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