Australian Residential Lighting

AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING According to Australian Residential Lighting Survey April 2013 Lighting in Australian homes is estimated to consume between 8% and 15% of the average household electricity budge AVERAGE HOURS OF USE PER WEEKDAY (BY ROOM TYPE) 6.4 5.2 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.0 3- 2- 1.2 1.1 0.7 Kitchen/ Kitchen Bedroom Outside Living Bathroom Hallway Utility Garage Living area AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD LIGHTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION 35000 30000 The average energy consumption across the houses was 4103 Watt hours per weekday 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 House Weekday household lighting energy consumption per house [n = 147 houses]. AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD LIGHTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION (BY ROOM TYPE) 2500 2,099 2000 Kitchen/living rooms have approximately 50% higher lighting energy consumption than the combined total 1500 960 946 1000 798 from separate kitchen and living room houses 500 500 346 132 61 Kitchen/ Kitchen Bathroom Outside Living area Bedroom Garage Hallway Utility Living AVERAGE DAILY HOUSEHOLD LIGHTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION (BY LAMP TECHNOLOGY) Halogen 101 Incandescent 96 Circular / Linear Fluorescent 38 CFL 23 LED 14 20 40 60 80 100 120 Average energy consumption per Lamp ( Watt-hours) Halogen & incandescent lamps had the highest energy consumption. CFLS consumes 23–24% energy compare to that cosumed by halogen and incandescent lamps. Designed & Issued in Public Interest By : CUSTOM LIGHTING Source : www.energyrating.gov.au 15% Household lighting energy consumption (Watt-hours) 8% Lamp Technology Average hours of use per day Average energy consumption per room (Watt-hours)