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25 YEARS OF POWER SMART Electricity use at home, then & now 1989 2014 15% Potential savings, according to research, for residents who use smart meter data to learn about their energy use. $2,995 Cost of Motorola's new 'pocket phone', which is nine inches long and weighs over 12 ounces. 40 GALLONS Amount of water top-loading washing machines used, per load, in 1989. Today's ENERGY STAR ® washers use as little as 14 gallons. 68% Efficiency increase of today's clothes washers over those produced in 1989. 21 Number of appliances and devices in the average Canadian home, up from 15 in 1989. $25 Potential annual cost savings of opting for the most efficient ENERGY STAR ® PVR. 3.2 MILLION Number of TVs in B.C., at an average of two per household. 1 BILLION Number of mobile phones that will be sold, world-wide, in 2014. More than 1 in 2 Canadians now own a smartphone. 350,000 Number of second, inefficient fridges recycled under BC Hydro's Fridge Buy-Back program between 2002 and 2013. $1,200 Average annual fuel cost savings for those who opt for an electric car in B.C. 29 OF 30 Number of inefficient incandescent light bulbs, out of total bulbs, in the average 1989 home. 27 MPG Average fuel economy of cars in 1989. 27 INCHES Average TV set size in 1989. Today, TVs up to 110 inches are available. 1 MILLION Number of Nintendo Game Boys sold within a couple weeks of their introduction in the U.S. in 1989. 956 Kilowatt hours required to run a fridge for a year in 1989. Today, a fridge uses an average of 430 kWh per year. POWER SMART ADDS UP 440,000 B.C. homes could be powered each year from the savings Power Smart delivers. In 1989, it cost $15 to power 6 incandescent holiday light strings in December. With efficient LED holiday lights, the cost today is 33 CENTS. Average home price of a detached Vancouver home today is over $1 million, 4 times what it was in 1989. FOR SALE BC Hydro customers today pay an average of 9.7 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity, less than double the 5.4 cents they paid in 1989. 25 Life expectancy of today's ENERGY STAR ® LED bulbs, which are 75% more efficient than incandescents. DC14-040 Then & Now Power Smart infographic-print.pdf 1 2014-05-16 2:47 PM