Power-off [l'X] @ EuroTeQaThon (12. 6. 2023, Prague)

Given an initial annual energy consumption value of a theoretical household (12800 kWh/year, car included), we first had to imagine an initial consumption profile (appliances and their power and frequency of use) that fits with it, then to suggest a way to reduce by at least 40% the annual consumption, and finally to imagine a ten-year transition to do it.
To solve it, we suggest very original behavioral changes of habits in all aspects of everyday life, that both save energy and improve life quality (e.g : stop being a coffee addict and drink water or juice instead to save the energy of the coffee machine). We then propose to replace some appliances by some others which are either more efficient (e.g. : replace a class F fridge by a class A one), either better dimensioned to the household needs, but always taking into account other non-energetic criteria (raw materials consumption, reusing and recycling, acceptability, feasibility…). We propose a gradual ten-year program to achieve it, that takes into account the human natural reluctance to change.
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