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The Correlation Between Weather and Energy Consumption
Organization(s):Walnut st school
Country:United States of America
Student(s):Juniper Bunch
Grade Level:Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14)
GLOBE Teacher:mary holzhausen
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Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Air Temperature
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Date Submitted:03/26/2019
Our house is small in comparison with other family homes. It is about 1000 square feet. We try to keep our energy usage low, but like many Americans, we are used to a certain level of comfort and convenience. We have decided to investigate how our family uses energy and if the outdoor temperatures influences how we consume energy. To keep things simple, we have decided to focus our research on our electric energy. This is how we cool our home in the summer and how we charge all of our electronic devices and light our house.
We are studying our electric bills and the average monthly temperature from the years 2017 and 2018. We will then create charts to help analyze and compare the data. We think this data can help inform us about our energy consumption as a family and be a guide to reduce our usage in the future. I am creating a blog that will document the steps that a typical American family can take to lower their electrical usage.