{"id":8588,"date":"2018-04-28T13:30:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T20:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/?p=8588"},"modified":"2018-04-28T13:30:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T20:30:38","slug":"animal-house-power-your-home-with-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/animal-house-power-your-home-with-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal House: Power Your Home With Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How much electricity does it take to run your home for a year? The answer depends on a number of different things. Mostly it comes down to how many appliances and gadgets are sapping juice from your electrical sockets.
\nThe vast majority of Americans have their power supplied by utility companies. Nonetheless, there are those who go off the grid, turn to alternative energy, or combine the two.
\nIn fact, finding ways to power your house by alternative means has been done before. A quick Internet search brings up a number of experiments.
\nMovoto Real Estate<\/a>\u2019s favorite example comes from across the pond. In 2009, \u201cBang Goes the Theory,\u201d<\/a> a Brit television show, filmed an episode centered on how many bicyclists it would take to power a house for a day.
\nThere is also this example<\/a>: The Green Microgym in Portland<\/a>. The gym captures energy from cycling and other exercises, which is then channeled into the power outlets.
\nNonetheless, the majority of experiments in this realm are centered on using people power to run small electronics such as an oscillating fan. The team at Movoto, however, wanted something more interesting. Our solution: Put our freeloading pets to work.<\/p>\n

Power Your Pad With Man’s Best Friend<\/h2>\n

Recently, we looked at some of the nation\u2019s most popular pets, and then calculated how much energy they would produce. We used this as a basis for figuring out how many pets it would take to power a house for a day.
\nBefore we get to the reveal, we should note a few things. We calculated our pets running (and in one case flying) at a constant speed over a 24-hour period. We know this isn\u2019t possible. If you\u2019re a stickler, assume our no-longer freeloading pets are working in shifts.
\nSo how many pets would it take to power your home for a day?<\/p>\n