We were asked to estimate the power required for the typical objects in our everyday lives. For this exercise I concentrated on the objects whose power usage I could control, say the lamp in my room or my computer etc. I did not take into account refrigerator in the dining hall, or other powered objects whose power consumption I could not control. As I tried to figure out where to start, I realized that all of the electronics I use in my day to day life, have the Watts level marked on them. To the right is an example of my Macbook charger with the 60W clearly marked. I then collected the wattage level on all of the objects in my room:
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I then estimated how much time I spend each day using these particular electronics:
| Electronics | Estimated Time Used |
| iPhone | 14 Hrs |
| MacBook | 7 Hrs |
| Speakers/Radio | 1 Hrs |
| Light 1 | 6 Hrs |
| Light 2 | 6 Hrs |
| TV | 0 Hrs |
| Hair Dryer | 3 min |
| Fan | 8 Hrs |
| Printer | 10 min |
In order to determine Energy Consumption I multiplied the Wattage of each object by the number of hours per day I used the particular object:
Energy Consumption = Watts * Hrs/Day |
Based off of my rough estimate of how much I use each of these items per day - I determined the below estimate of consumption for each object:
| Electronics | Wattage | Estimated Time Used | Estimated Consumption |
| iPhone | 5 Watt | 14 Hrs | 70 Wh |
| MacBook | 60 Watt | 7 Hrs | 420 Wh |
| Speakers/Radio | 50 Watt | 1 Hrs | 50 Wh |
| Light 1 | 60 Watt | 6 Hrs | 360 Wh |
| Light 2 | 40 Watt | 6 Hrs | 240 Wh |
| TV | 300 Watt | 0 Hrs | |
| Hair Dryer | 1875 Watt | 3 min | 93.75 Wh |
| Fan | 200 Watt | 8 Hrs | 1600 Wh |
| Printer | 75 Watt | 10 min | 12.5 Wh |
My total estimate of consumption is 2848.25 Wh * I am sorry I did not realize I needed to post this on 9/30* |
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