[Noisebridge-discuss] Electricity usage at the space is up UP UP

Danny O'Brien danny at spesh.com
Wed Jun 22 08:06:15 UTC 2011


On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:53 PM,  <e at eden2.com> wrote:
> I'd guess it's simply reflective of increased use of the space, which has to be a good thing.
>

Unless the electrons get eaten without a proportional increase in
people paying $10 or more a month[1], in which case it is one of those
good things which slowly grinds us under the filthy heel of
insolvency!

[1] Go on you know you want to: http://nburl.net/tendollars or
http://nburl.net/autopay


> On Jun 21, 2011, at 11:50 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Our electricity usage has been climbing for some time, and it'd be
>>> good to know why, and how we might lower those costs.  This time last
>>> year we were average 38.63kWh a day. Now we are running at 71.16kWh.
>>> [2]
>>>
>>
>> Oh wait: actually those figures don't include both meters: it's
>> actually an annual shift from 61.63kWh to 107.5kWh -- both metered
>> amounts have grown, but by different ratios.
>>
>> Hold on, let me fiddle around to make that more dramatic. Okay, I've
>> got it -- our electron devouring has increased by a third!
>>
>> d.
>>
>>
>>> So, turn things off! Add suggestions of things to turn off in a long
>>> thread after this message! Put post-it notes on things, instructing
>>> people to turn things off in a comradely way!
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