The user need to create an account and enter some basic information about his household and a few details about the gas and electricity bills of the home. Energy Average will keep track of household’s monthly energy usage and cost thereon, the company said.
With the click of a button it will also present a graph showing how the energy usage and bills compare with similar households nationally and in the local area, the company added.
Energy Average works by using aggregated data compiled from information entered by other site users to calculate national and local averages for similar households. The gas and electricity bill data for new users is then compared with these averages.
Because users are constantly entering new data, the averages are always being updated, so that the information is always current. Thus the figures also reflect weather conditions.
David Melvin, managing director of Ascent Online Media, said: ”Industry regulator Ofgem produces figures for average annual household fuel consumption, that are used by energy suppliers and switching sites.
”But these were last reviewed in 2003. Just think how much more you have in the way of electronic goods and gadgets in your home since then. The official Ofgem average figures also don’t take the type of heating or household sizes into account.
”So we set about designing energyaverage.co.uk to enable householders to compare like-with-like, letting them see if their energy usage and their bills are higher, or lower, than the average nationally and in their area.”
