Where does it all go?
This pie chart shows us the breakdown of energy use in a typical Australian home. The biggest piece of the pie by a long shot is heating and cooling. Tackling your heating and cooling will have a much greater impact on the size of your energy bills than, say, working hard to reduce stand-by power. Heating water is the next biggest piece and if you have an electric hot water storage system of 125 litres or more, you are entitled to the off-peak tariff - roughly half the price of the peak tariff.
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