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Climate Action Team Training Series Session #2: Electricity Julio Magalhães, PhD Global Warming Program Coordinator Loma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club. Overview of Today’s Session. 1. Observation Worksheets: “Seeing your impact”
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Climate Action TeamTraining SeriesSession #2:ElectricityJulio Magalhães, PhDGlobal Warming Program CoordinatorLoma 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 Worksheet: Team Totals for Session #1 & #2 Report on your group totals from week before first session & this past week
Group Totals:Balloons & Dollars Saved ? 2301-liter balloons (volume) 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
Human Energy Behaviors: Using Electricity CO2 EBulb= 5% EC= ~10% Example: Overall efficiency for conversion of fuel energy to lighting= EPPxETx EBulb = 1.6% EPP= 0.35 ET= 0.90 EW= ~ 50% ~50%% Over 98% is wasted !
What is a kWh? A measure of electrical energy consumed Cost (PG&E)…. 11 – 44 cents CO2 emissions (PG&E): 106 balloons 100 Watt 10 hours = 1000 Watt-hours = 1 kiloWatt-hour = 1 kWh
Electricity Bill 1. 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”
Daily Device Use Activity Worksheet 1. Use a horizontal line to mark times when devices are on in your household 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
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…
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….