Energy Costs Calculator

Energy Costs Calculator is a piece of software that offers some advice about ways you can save energy, whether you want to reduce costs, be kinder to the environment, or both. Based on the appliances you're using or on the power consumption you directly specify, it can tell you the daily costs for power and water, expressed in US dollars.

The software utility is wrapped in a plain and simple interface, where the power and water calculators are displayed in the main window and separated in two columns. When it comes to the preset appliances, the power calculator contains A/V surround receiver, air heater, air conditioner, cell phone charger, clothes dryer and others, while the water calculator has bathtub, dishwasher, garden watering, manual car washing, shower, washing machine, and others.

The watt consumption allocated to each preset appliance is only an estimate, however. Nevertheless, you can change this value as well as indicate the number of hours for daily usage (power) and number of uses per week (water). Based on all these aspects, Energy Costs Calculator determines the price per kilowatt-hour (power), price per HCF (water), and total consumption for a year.

Besides the fact that you can switch to another language for the interface, it's possible to back up and restore the database. Tips on how to save energy are shown at every program startup but this can be disabled.

We haven't come across any compatibility issues with Windows 10 in our tests. Energy Costs Calculator had minimal impact on the computer's performance. This tool can offer some helpful tips about power, water and cost saving. However, it only supports the US dollar and cannot generate reports with all the calculations displayed.