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    CHAPTER 14 Energy Conservation at Home 14-1 HOME APPLIANCES ‘he sites and methods of energy savin : gs are only limited by creative thinking and aera provided that they comply with technical principles. So far, we tried to address és tes of energy efficiency measures for thermal and electrical applications. In this chapter, we present some other important sites of energy conservation that include home appliances, household refrigerators, water consumption, and automobiles ‘About 20 percent of energy used in residential units is due to electricity used by home appliances (Fig, 14-1),and refrigerators and lighting account for most ofthis use (Fig. 14-2). ‘The oven, washing machine, dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, ron, hairdryer, TV, and other clectronic equipment constitute less than half ofthe electricity consumption by appliances in a typical household. Pe vccent decades, vast improvements have been made in reducing energy consump- tion by home appliances, For example, the electricity used by a household refsgeafor son a from about 1800 kWh per unit in 1973 to about 500 kWh in 2002 (Fig 14-3)

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