Chartwell Elementary

The Chartwell Meter Readers

A Hope for Sustainable Change....in action

Monday, January 28, 2013

Chartwell Elementary The Chartwell Meter Readers - sustainable change... in action

Ideas to talk about

Monday, January 28, 2013

Chartwell Elementary The Chartwell Meter Readers - sustainable change... in action

Climate
Why do we need to save our resources and reduce our emissions and waste

Monday, January 28, 2013

Chartwell Elementary The Chartwell Meter Readers - sustainable change... in action

Your Home
How do our homes and communities impact the way we use energy

Monday, January 28, 2013

Chartwell Elementary The Chartwell Meter Readers - sustainable change... in action

Energy
Energy sources, energy measurement and how to read your energy meters

Monday, January 28, 2013

Chartwell Elementary The Chartwell Meter Readers - sustainable change... in action

Hot Water
Energy requirements and impacts on your energy use

Monday, January 28, 2013

Chartwell Elementary The Chartwell Meter Readers - sustainable change... in action

Leadership
Your role in leading your family to a more sustainable future.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Climate

Monday, January 28, 2013

Climate

Monday, January 28, 2013

Climate change - temperature and sea level changes

Possible 2 to 3 degree change in

temperature in your lifetime Signicant rise in sea levels Flooding of coastal townships - bad storms Changes in rainfall patterns and loss of food production

Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

Carbon Dioxide emission increases - average 2ppm per year

Carbon Dioxide slide

Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

Fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) and climate change - dark clouds

Climate
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Burning our forests for agriculture

Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

Creating Waste

Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

Current sea level around the coast of China Current Sea Level around Greater Vancouver

Beijing Tianjin

Shanghai

Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

7 meter rise in sea level around the coast of China

Beijing Tianjin

Shanghai

Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

Climate - Actions required

Climate change - why urgent action is required

We need to slow down the rate at which carbon dioxide is

added to the atmosphere

We need to reduce the use of fossil fuels that release large

amounts of stored carbon into the atmosphere (coal, oil, natural gas)
Its a global responsibility that we can each contribute to

solving
Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

Your Home

Monday, January 28, 2013

Your Home

Monday, January 28, 2013

Watt Watchers!
You are going to put your home on a diet! A Kilowatt hour is the amount of electricity that ten 100 watt light bulbs would use in one hour. Electricity costs about 8 cents per KWhr An extra 100 watt light bulb turned on for a year would cost $89

Your Home
Monday, January 28, 2013

Your Home - Question

What can you do in your home with your family to put your home on Watt Watchers?

Your Home
Monday, January 28, 2013

Your Home - Question

Things that you need to know about your home.

How big is your home in square meters How many people live in your home What kind of energy does your home use

Electric Heating Gas fired hot water and cooking Gas fired forced air

Your Home
Monday, January 28, 2013

Your Home - lessons learned

Things that impact energy use in your home

How big is your home How many people live in your home The temperature you set the heating thermostat How much hot water do you use Your personal awareness of energy use - be a

Watt Watcher
Your Home
Monday, January 28, 2013

Energy

Monday, January 28, 2013

Energy

Monday, January 28, 2013

Energy - our life blood

Energy Sources
The Sun

Solar Radiation - directly from the sun Wind Energy - from air moved by the sun Hydro Power Generation - from water evaporated by the sun Fossil Fuels - Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Wood, Waste

The Earth and the Moon Geothermal - heat from within the earth Atomic Energy from Uranium from within the earth Tidal - from tides created by the moon

Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Energy - our life blood

Energy Measurement
Various different measurement methods

Calorie -a calorie is the amount of energy required to warm one gram of water one degree Celsius. Watt - a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm

Ten 100 Watt light bulbs burning for 1 hour equals 1 Kilowatt

Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Energy - Question

If you used 200 Kilowatt Hours per day - how many 100 watt light bulbs would you have turned on? ?? - turned on for 24 hours
200,000 watts divided by (24 hrs times100 watts)
Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

The Pioneers of Electrical Energy

Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Electricity - measurement and cost

10272 KWhrs
Your BC hydro meter measures the total amount of energy you consume in KWhrs A Kilowatt hour is the amount of electricity that ten 100 watt light bulbs would use in one hour. BC hydro charges a stepped rate 6.6 cents for the first 688 KWhrs 10.19 cents for the excess A extra 100 watt light bulb turned on for a year would cost $89
Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Reading your BC Hydro Meter on the Internet.

10272 KWhrs
Read your meter at the same time each day. (morning) Subtract the reading from yesterdays reading 10328 - 10272 equals 56 KWhrs Record the actual use in KWhrs on your Energy Record sheet. 56 KWhrs My cost was nearly $5.00 every day in January
Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Reading your BC Hydro Meter on the Internet.

Internet based reading

You can read your electricity consumption on the internet at www.bchydro.com Your parents will need to have an account called MyHydro with a email address and a password Lots of use history and consumption saving tips are provided. Look up your daily use and record it on your Energy Record sheet
Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

BC Hydro bill for electrical energy use.

Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

BC Hydro bill for electrical energy use.

If I saved 20% of the cost in Dec/Jan this would equal 20% X 1852 X .1019 cents per KWhr equals $37.74
Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Natural Gas - measurement and costs

62857 m3
Your gas meter measures the total volume of natural gas that you consume using cubic meters. The gas company uses a measure of energy called the Gigajoule. GJ One Gigajoule of energy equals 26.14 cubic meters of natural gas One Gigajoule is 277.8 KWhrs Natural gas costs approximately 4.00 cents per KWhr
Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Reading your Fortis Gas meter

62857 m3
Read your meter at the same time each day. (morning) Subtract yesterdays reading from todays reading: 62857 - 62856 equals 11.0 m3 for the past 24 hrs. Convert the volume into KWhrs 11 x .0391505 x 277.8 equals 119.6 KWhrs in the past 24 hours Enter on your Energy Record sheet.
Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Fortis - Natural Gas energy use.

Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Fortis Natural Gas energy use.

295 m3 Nov/Oct
My use in Gigajoules 295 x .0391505 equals 11.54 GJ My use in KWhrs 11.54 x 277.8 equals 3,196 KWhrs Average usage per day 3196 Divided by 32 days 99.9 KWhrs in Nov/Oct Enter your use on your Energy Record in KWhrs

Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

My total energy Use - Jan

My Total KWhrs
Electricity - BC Hydro 60 KWhrs per day Electricity 8.80 cents KWhr Natural gas - Fortis 99 KWhrs per day (from Oct) Natural Gas 3.96 cents KWhr My total use - KWhrs 159 KWhrs per day If I save 20% I would save $1.84 a day or $57.04 in January
Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Energy - the savings

Chartwell Meter Readers Sustainability in Action

If we assume that the average energy use for a Chartwell Meter

Readers home is - say 150 KWhrs per day

And we each save 10% of the Energy we typically use And we have 100 Chartwell Meter Readers saving energy for 25

days from February 19th to March 15th we will save approximately

36,500 KWhrs with a value of $2,700!

Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013

Hot Water

Monday, January 28, 2013

Hot Water

Monday, January 28, 2013

Water - requires energy to distribute, to heat and to take away the waste

Hot Water Energy Architecture Planning + Infrastructure

Monday, January 28, 2013

Energy generation from water

Water consumption and Energy

95% of the Electrical energy in British Columbia comes from

Water - generated from hydro electric dams and large water driven generators
All the water comes from the sun evaporating the sea and then

raining on the lands and being captured by the dams.

Hydro Electric Energy is the most environmentally friendly form

of fuel on the planet - it has NO operational carbon emissions

Hot Water
Monday, January 28, 2013

Hot water saving strategies

Water consumption and Energy

25 to 30% of the energy use in your home is required for hot water

for bathing, washing dishes, laundry and other household demands

It takes 5.0 KWhrs of energy to make 100 litres of hot water You use about 50 litres of water when you have a shower You save lots of energy if you use cold water laundry soap and then

hang up your washing to dry naturally.

Hot Water
Monday, January 28, 2013

Hot water saving strategies

What could you do at your house to reduce the amount of hot water that your family uses?

Hot Water
Monday, January 28, 2013

Leadership

Monday, January 28, 2013

Leadership

Monday, January 28, 2013

Leadership and Communication

Talk with your family and share ideas how to save energy Put your ideas onto your Savings Plan and share your ideas with your friends
Leadership
Monday, January 28, 2013

Leadership and Communication

Google - energy saving residential Here are 5 sites that can help you - they are listed on your Energy Plan
https://saveonenergy.ca/Consumer/Consumer-Tips-Tool.aspx http://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/residential.html http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/siteshared/energy_tips.asp?sid=ic http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/renoho/reensa/index.cfm http://ecoliving.scotiabank.com/calculate? CID=PG_EC_C010_A078_K427&KWID=__energy__savings

Leadership
Monday, January 28, 2013

Leadership and Communication

Chartwell Meter Readers Sustainability in Action

Gather and record the information about your home Read your hydro meter and your gas meter every day Calculate and record the readings on your Energy Record Find all the ways that you think your family could save energy Discuss your families commitment to your Savings Plan Talk to your Mum and Dad about the School Donation from the

savings you all create between Febuary 19th. and March 15th.

Leadership
Monday, January 28, 2013

Leadership and Communication

Your Challenge is to save 10% of your current energy use. The Chartwell Watt Watchers program could save 37,500 KWhrs!
Leadership
Monday, January 28, 2013

Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

It is from acts of courage and belief thathuman history is shaped. Each time you stand up foran ideal, or act to improve the lot of others, you send forth a ripple of hope. Robert F. Kennedy
Climate
Monday, January 28, 2013

Thank you!
Chartwell Meter Readers
A Hope for Sustainable Change....in action

Watt Watchers for your Home!

I will see you on February 18th

Monday, January 28, 2013