Knowing your energy usage is not an unfamiliar concept. Understanding energy usage is a good first step in changing energy consumption and reducing electricity bills.

Kilowatt, also abbreviated as kW, is a globally recognized standard for measuring electrical energy. One kilowatt is equal to 1000 watts. Your power company will charge based on how much electricity you consume per kilowatt hour (kWh). In short, this means it can measure the kilowatts you use over a period of time. For example: a 100-watt light bulb uses 0.1 kilowatts per hour. It will take 10 hours to consume 1 kWh of energy. If your energy company charges you a rate of $0.10 per kilowatt hour, you will have to pay $0.10 every 10 hours to use the lights. It does not seem to be much now, but a small amount of energy will be consumed within a month.

Calculating household usage rates Most home appliances have wattage on their labels, making it easy to calculate energy costs. To find the number of kilowatts used by a device, simply divide the number of watts listed on the device by 1,000 (kilowatts), and then multiply by the number of hours used. For example: today you broadcast on a 400-watt radio for one hour. Since we know that one kilowatt is 1,000 watts, we divide the wattage of the radio by 1,000 (400 / 1,000 = 0.4). Now that we know that you are listening to the radio with 0.4 kW of energy today, next, we must multiply kW (0.4) by the number of hours of use (1) to calculate the kWh used (0.4 x 1 = 0.4). In this case, you only use 0.4 kWh to listen to the radio. However, if you use the radio for two hours, the usage will double to 0.8 kWh (0.4 x 2 = 0.8).

Interesting fact
According to the US Energy Information Administration, the average household electricity consumption is 11 496 kWh per year, or 958 kWh per month.

Since the refrigerator must run continuously, it is one of the largest energy users in the home. A refrigerator can use 80-200 kWh of electricity per month, depending on the service life and duration of the equipment. Smaller, newer units tend to use less energy to operate.



Bake in the oven consumes 3.2 kW per hour. But cooking on the stove also consumes a lot of energy. The large burner uses 2.4 kilowatts per hour, and the small burner uses 1.2 kilowatts per hour.
The electric dryer uses 2.7 kWh per load. If you dry your clothes twice a week, you will consume 208.8 kWh per year!

Every night, the electric blanket consumes 1 kWh of electricity.

On average, a family of four uses 400 kWh per month to run the water heater, or 4,800 kWh per year.

The central air conditioner uses 1.2 kWh per hour. Using the device throughout the day will consume 28.8 kWh.

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) use 0.025 kWh per hour. These bulbs save energy because a typical 100-watt bulb uses 0.1 kWh per hour. Switching to energy-saving lamps can reduce lighting costs by 75%.


Smart electricity performance has benefited from smart meters in many households. These meters are placed outside the house to measure electricity consumption and communicate with utility providers every day. As a benefit to consumers, the meter also displays the latest information about your energy use. This allows you to better manage energy use and calculate before the energy bill arrives. If you use more energy than usual, please change the energy usage to reduce your electricity bill. With this meter, you can easily record the energy-saving situation when you make changes to the use of lighting or air conditioning.

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