- Author
- Chang, Y. M. L. | Grot, R. A.
- Title
- Energy Consumption and Usage Characteristics from Field Measurements of Residential Dishwashers, Clothes Washers and Clothes Dryers.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 80-2136, October 1980,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- dishwashers; clothes driers; washing machines; electric appliances; gas appliances; water consumption; hot water heating; statistical data; tables (data)
- Identifiers
- energy consumption; clothes dryers
- Abstract
- The measured energy consumption and usage characteristics for household dishwashers, clothes washers, and clothes dryers for ten townhouses at Twin Rivers, N.J., are presented. Whenever the dishwashers and/or clothes washers were in use, the energy consumption, water consumption, frequency of usage, and water temperature were measured by a data acquisition system. The electrical energy of electric clothes dryers and the gas consumption of gas clothes dryers were measured, as well as their frequency and duration of use, and exhaust temperature. Typical household usage patterns of these major appliances are included.