Electricity Consumption - Update

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

We moved to a “low-energy” house last year, and I was wondering if we would really need less energy than before. I wrote about this before.

Over the last few months, I went to the basement regularly and checked the meter. I am still aware that it’s apples vs. oranges, but I think it’s interesting to write about nevertheless.

Back then, my very simple linear progression assumed that we would end up with ~1,500 kWh at the end of the year. Meanwhile, winter has passed, and we see that the electric heating and the dryer took their share. At the beginning of August, we had already consumed more than 1,200 kWh. If I extrapolate this until the end of the year, we will end up with ~2,200, which is a little more than our average last year.

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Electricity Consumption

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0100

This fall, we moved into a new apartment. The building is labeled low-energy - „KfW55“ in German. Being a statistics nerd myself, I am curious how this effects our monthly energy consumption compared to the 70 year old building in which we lived before.

First things first: I am aware that I cannot compare the raw consumption rates 1:1. In the old building, heating and warm water were powered by oil and gas. In the new one, things are mainly powered by electricity. I expect the consumption to be higher - but, let’s see.

In the old flat, we used to have an average electricity consumption of ~2.000kWh. The statistics we received from our provider, bucket this just above the average of a single-person household.

In the new flat, the electricity meter currently shows 360kWh. Following a linear progression, we would end up at ~1.500kWh per year - even less than in the old flat and equal to the average consumption of a single person. However, heating period has started and within the first month we lived part-time in the old apartment.

Fingers crossed that we can keep consumption on a low level. Feels good to be on the green side.

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