Re: Common laundry question | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Nancy Baumeister (nancybeepeak.org) | |
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:01:14 -0800 (PST) |
Laundry is a topic near to my heart. That would account for all the replies you
in CoHo-land are getting from me.
The average household with an electric clothes dryer will use 1,079 KWh per year to dry clothes (2001 data http://www.eia.gov/emeu/recs/recs2001/enduse2001/enduse2001.html). That amount of electricity generated by our local utility produces about 2/3 of a ton of CO2 . http://www.pacificpower.net/ya/po/otou/fsei.html
For those wishing to reduce carbon footprint that is an easy way to lop off a big chunk.
Nancy On 11/15/2012 8:51 PM, Jerry McIntire wrote:
Thanks Patti for helping to answer the "Why common laundry?" question: "Besides the fact that simply owning less machines per community decreases carbon footprint, there is a huge savings per household when resources are pooled to buy top of the line, energy efficient, commercial grade machines to share." Patti--Jamaica Plain Cohousing Jerry McIntire Stone's Throw Ecovillage Viroqua, Wisconsin www.stonesthrowcommunity.wordpress.com _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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- Re: Common Laundry Question, (continued)
- Re: Common Laundry Question Sharon Villines, November 16 2012
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Re: Common laundry question Jerry McIntire, November 15 2012
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- Re: Common laundry question Nancy Baumeister, November 16 2012
- Re: Common laundry question Jerry McIntire, November 16 2012
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