The pie chart below shows where energy is used in a typical Australian household, and the table shows the amount of electricity used according to the number of occupants.
The pie diagram reveals the purposes of
energy
use in an Australian family. The table also
presents the amount of electricity that is
used for those purposes, varying on the number of people in each family.
Overall
, the largest share of the power is used for heating and cooling, while
the least part is not used but for putting the appliances on stand-by mode. It is obvious that the more people there are in a family, the more energy
units are used.
From the pie chart, the biggest share of the energy
is used for heating and cooling, accounting for 38 per cent
, but 3 per cent
is for standby power, which is regarded as the smallest share of the energy
used in one household. Water heating represents 25 per cent
, followed by 16 per cent
of the energy
to function other appliances. Fridges and freezers as well as
lighting, and cooking present 7 and 4 per cent
of the power used respectively.
In addition
, the kilowatt hours increase in accordance with the increase in the family members in that house. Approximately, one person uses 5 to 6,500 kilowatt hours per year. This
amount can rise to 12 to 16,000 kilowatt hours per year if there are 6 or more family members in a household.Submitted by dondollaraus on
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