What is electricity used for in U.S. homes?

[zach]

This is interesting. Lighting is number 2 so we could save a lot of energy/electricity just by switching to CFL and even better LED bulbs.

I think it's kind of crazy that TVs and cable boxes use almost as much at refrigeration. Might be time to call on cable providers to use more energy efficient boxes!

How is electricity used in U.S. homes?

Estimated U.S. Residential Electricity Consumption by End-Use, 2010

End-Use	Quadrillion Btu	Billion Kilowatthours	Share of Total
Space Cooling	1.11	326	22.4%
Lighting	0.71	207	14.2%
Water Heating	0.44	129	8.9%
Refrigeration	0.36	107	7.3%
Color Televisions and Set-Top Boxes	0.34	100	6.8%
Space Heating	0.29	84	5.8%
Clothes Dryers	0.19	54	3.7%
Personal Computers and Related Equipment	0.18	53	3.6%
Furnace Fans and Boiler Circulation Pumps	0.14	41	2.8%
Cooking	0.11	31	2.2%
Dishwashers 1	0.09	27	1.8%
Freezers	0.08	23	1.6%
Clothes Washers 1	0.03	10	0.7%
Other Uses2	0.90	264	18.1%
Total Consumption	4.65	1,363

¹Does not include water heating.
²Includes small electric devices, heating elements, and motors not listed above.

Source: How is electricity used in U.S. homes? - FAQ - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

[greenbrick]

great post