Our typical three person household:
- Has a "typical" size and location: is a three person detached house located in Western Sydney
- Uses 11MWh of electricity each year
- Owns a typical number of appliances but none of them are energy efficient options:
- Uses electric storage off-peak hot water and an inefficient showerhead
- Has one large and one small reverse cycle split system air-conditioner for heating and cooling
- Has four large domestic appliances (fridge/freezer, dishwasher, clothes washer, clothes dryer)
- Has a second fridge
- Has incandescent lights
- Has two TVs (large LCD and older, smaller CRT), a set top box, a DVD player, an old VCR and a games console
- Has two computers (desktop + notebook), a modem, multi-function device (printer/scanner) and three other computer related devices (sound etc)
- Does not have a pool or spa
Has inefficient behaviour:
- Heating / cooling: heats to "warm" 23°C in winter and cools to "cool" 20°C in summer
- Has no draught proofing, no curtains and does not close off the space being heated and cooled
- Uses heating and cooling quite often (more than just very hot days for cooling and very cold days for heating)
- Has a 2.5 star top-loading washing machine connected to hot water used daily
- Uses the electric clothes dryer after each wash
- Rarely switches off lights that are not in use
- Uses remotes to turn off TVs, entertainment equipment and computers
- Leaves most devices on at the power point