Michele Comitini <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry, I do not understand in chap 15 of the book wether you took into > account LED and fluoreshent lighting or plain old incandescent > lighting? > (much of the EU is converting to LED and Fluo by law) > This was U.S. data from 1997, for average household use. There were probably a lot of compact fluorescent lights in use by that date, but I do not know what percent was still incandescent. As you see in Fig. 15.2, lighting is 7%. That is substantial, but it would not affect my estimate much. Heating and cooling are 45%. The biggest single use energy by far. As explained in the chapter, both can be replaced with direct use of raw heat (thermal air conditioning). I do not know how much home heating is from resistance electric heat, or heat pumps, but in any case, both would be replaced with cold fusion heat, from a co-generator. That would be the most economical configuration. - Jed
