Table 3 Electricity use across typical household appliances
Appliance/category | Electricity use |
|---|---|
Acitive appliances | 28.42% |
Cooking | 2.32% |
Lighting | 15.37% |
Color television & related | 7.58% |
Personal computers | 3.16% |
Passive appliances | 54.32% |
Space heating | 5.89% |
Space cooling | 18.53% |
Refrigeration | 8.21% |
Freezers | 1.68% |
Furnace fans and boiler circulation | 2.74% |
Other uses | 17.26% |
Time delay appliances | 17.26% |
Water heating | 8.84% |
Clothes dryers | 5.68% |
Clothes washers | 0.63% |
Dishwashers | 2.11% |
Total | 100.00% |