Climate Action TeamTraining Series

Session #2:Electricity

Julio Magalhães, PhDGlobal Warming Program Coordinator

Loma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club

Overview of Today’s Session

1. Observation Worksheets: “Seeing your impact”

2. Basic Information: “Electricity Use Basics”

3. Activity #1: “Getting to Know Your Electricity Bill”

4. Activity #2: “Hunting for Balloons & Dollars”

5. Personal Goal Setting

6. Conclusion / Action Items

7. Questions

Observation Worksheets:

“Seeing Your Impact”

Observation Worksheet: Team Totals for Session #1 & #2

Report on your group totals from week before first session & this past week

230 1-liter balloons (volume)

Group Totals:Balloons & Dollars

Saved ?

How many did your team save during week before Session #1, week between Session #1 & #2 ?

Observation Worksheet: Seeing Your Individual

Savings!

Find your individual totals from week before first session & this past week

Basic Information

Human Energy Behaviors: Using Electricity

Over 98% is wasted !

EBulb= 5%

CO2

EW= ~ 50% ~50%%

EC= ~10%

Example:

Overall efficiency for conversion of fuel energy to lighting=

EPP x ET x EBulb = 1.6%

EPP= 0.35 ET= 0.90

What is a kWh?

Cost (PG&E)…. 11 – 44 cents

CO2 emissions (PG&E): 106 balloons

100 Watt 10 hours

A measure of electrical energy consumed

= 1000 Watt-hours

= 1 kiloWatt-hour = 1 kWh

Activity #1:Getting to Know Your

Electricity Bill

Electricity Bill1. Estimate weekly electricity

usage:

= total kWh / 4 weeks

2. Estimate weekly CO2 emissions:

= total kWh x 106 balloons / 4 wks.

3. Calculate weekly cost of electricity:

= total charges / 4 weeks

4. Compare to savings from “Observation Worksheet”

Activity #2:Hunting for Balloons &

Dollars

Daily Device Use Activity Worksheet

2. Fill-in the times when the devices are actually being used

3. Use an “X” to mark times when you are not using these devices

1. Use a horizontal line to mark times when devices are on in your household

Personal Goal Setting

Low-Electricity Behaviors:Examples from Worksheet

How many of you have made these low-electricity practices part of your lives during the past week?

More choices for low-electricity practices…

Climate Protection Action Menu: Electricity

Climate Protection Action Menu: Electricity

(backside)

Observation Worksheet (back) Set a Personal Goal

Conclusion

Training Series Schedule

Action Items for Session 3

1. Finalize and work toward your personal low-electricity goal

2. Monitor & record your “Observation Worksheet” practices during the week

3. Compute your individual & team totals before class (balloons & dollars saved)

4. Estimate gasoline consumption per week

Resources Slides and materials available on Google

group:http://groups.google.com/group/lp-climate-action-teams

Additional materials: Vocabulary list, supplementary reading….

Questions?

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