WEEK 2 Post-session Reflections

Review of Slash Australians’ power bills by beheading a duck at night

The article clearly demonstrates the number of energy budgets can be saved by reducing the electricity consumption. Then, the peak period of energy consumption of household is from 7pm. to 10pm as Simshauser (2012) shows. During the night period, it is suggestive that increasing the battery storage of the solar PV panels is a practical way to extending the using time.In addition, it also mention that finding a way to decrease the peak demand will effectively reduce all energy costs.

We should consider how to reduce the energy on warming up our homes, rather than cooling down. Trying to achieve that, we could add some appropriate shading elements on the sunning orientation. Also, we could install the insulation in-between the wall to keep the internal temperature. Additionally, the mix use of low energy appliances is an efficient approach to reduce the peak evening demand.

In conclusion, i believe that the solar PV panels is a practical and long-term sustainable method on reducing the energy consumption.

 Alex