Turn off window unit air conditioners when not in room.
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Description
Turn off the room air conditioner when you leave the room for more than 10 minutes. When away for extended periods of time, the unit is working needlessly to cool the room.Tags
- behavior
- cooling
- hvac
- individual
- repeatable
- residence
- summer
Assumptions We Made
Assume 10,000BTU unit (room size) and turning off 1 hour.Impacts
Initial Impacts
Each time you carry out this action, the immediate impacts are:
- Saves 0.29 dollars
- Saves 2.93 kilowatt hours
- Saves 3.99 lbs of CO2
Ongoing Impacts
Some actions also have additional impact over time. For this action, these are:
- Unknown
Potential Annual Impact
We assume that this action will be carried out daily (about 160 times a year). In this case, in a year you could save:- 46.24 dollars
- 468.96 kilowatt hours
- 637.76 lbs of CO2
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