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Line‐drying versus machine‐drying: energy consumption comparison
Author(s) -
PEDERSEN ELAINE L.,
LABHARD LEZLIE A.,
WEBB JAMES
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1988.tb00490.x
Subject(s) - laundry , energy consumption , energy (signal processing) , environmental science , consumption (sociology) , computer science , waste management , engineering , mathematics , social science , statistics , electrical engineering , sociology
The purpose of this study was to determine the physical energy utilized in machine‐drying and the human energy utilized in line‐drying with a standard test laundry load in order to demonstrate the benefits of making a trade‐off between mechanized energy and human energy utilized in drying laundry. Comparatively, only a small amount of metabolic energy was utilized in line‐drying. Line‐drying laundry over an extended period of time, along with similar trade‐offs with other household tasks to use more human energy and less mechanized energy, would save energy resources and would contribute to physical health by increasing exercise levels. All data collection occurred at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.