Home energy use declines

Planetizen - Total on-site energy use in U.S. homes declined between 2009 and 2015, thanks to new new building technology and warmer winters.

Elizabeth La Jeunesse reports: "Although the number of U.S. households increased by about 4 percent between 2009 and 2015, total on-site energy usage in occupied U.S. homes declined by more than 10 percent, according to our analyses of survey results recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration."