1.2.18 Turn off kitchen and bath fans immediately after use
Description
This measure consists in turning off fans of the bathroom and the kitchen approximately 10 minutes once they have cooled the room to avoid that they expel fresh air outside the house. Although this does not seem like a huge change, a lot of energy is used if these are left on all day.
Benefits
Energy savings
Limitations
Occupant acceptance
Economic assessment
No costs.
References and best practices
Residential Fan Efficiency: www.energycodes.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cn_residential_fan_efficiency.pdf
CHARACTERIZATION
Environment or playable world:
Residential
Academic
Offices
All
Carried out by:
Public building users
Owners
Operators
All
Reduce consumption of:
Heating
Cooling
DHW
Lighting
Electric devices
Type of driver:
Physical environmental
Contextual
Psychological
Physiological
Social
Time framework:
- Short term
- Long term
Type of measure:
- Envelope
- HVAC
- DHW
- Lighting
- Electrical devices
- Other