Understand your energy consumption

  • › Manage your energy consumption

    Set yourself a target, and consider automated monitoring

    Know your consumption, and set yourself a target. This way you’ll be able to save power and improve the health of your bank balance. You can also consider getting help from automated monitoring.

  • › Standby consumption

    Avoid unnecessary energy consumption

    Standby consumption is the power used by appliances when you don’t switch them off at the mains. Around 10-15% of a household’s energy consumption goes on standby consumption.

  • › How much electricity do you use?

    Do you really know how many kWh you use every year?

    You can use a simple rule of thumb to estimate your annual electricity consumption – without having to dig out your bill

  • › Where do you use most power

    Where do you use most power in your home?

    Danish electricity consumption is 8.8 TWh/year excluding electric heating.

  • › Energy labelling

    Energy labelling

    When you buy products look for the Energy Saving Label and the EU Energy Labelling Scheme (A-G). You save money and burden the environment less.

  • › Environment

    Saving electricity reduces CO2 emissions

    Saving electricity is the most practical way to reduce CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gasses in Denmark. This is because electricity production accounts for 40% of the country’s total carbon footprint. As an energy form electricity is therefore responsible for most CO2 emissions.

  • › Dictionary

    Dictionary

    Get an explanation of the most commonly used words within electricity and energy.

Page last updated 06.10.2008