Good morning everyone,
I wanted to ask what your house’s electricity consumption is at night when everything is quiet and sleeping, so what is running continuously?
We have a newly built house, moved in summer 2019. Our building services include underfloor heating (air-to-water heat pump), controlled mechanical ventilation (runs at full power 3 times a day for 2 hours each, then reduced), a photovoltaic system, and otherwise the usual nighttime appliances (phone charger plugged into USB outlet, e-bikes charging occasionally, 2 TVs on standby, Alexas on standby, etc.).
At night, we have a continuous consumption of about 232W (with ventilation running at reduced power and when the heat pump is not producing). I can see this in the app for the photovoltaic system. From 0:00 to 6:30 a.m. we consume about 2.8 kWh.
How about you?
Best regards
I wanted to ask what your house’s electricity consumption is at night when everything is quiet and sleeping, so what is running continuously?
We have a newly built house, moved in summer 2019. Our building services include underfloor heating (air-to-water heat pump), controlled mechanical ventilation (runs at full power 3 times a day for 2 hours each, then reduced), a photovoltaic system, and otherwise the usual nighttime appliances (phone charger plugged into USB outlet, e-bikes charging occasionally, 2 TVs on standby, Alexas on standby, etc.).
At night, we have a continuous consumption of about 232W (with ventilation running at reduced power and when the heat pump is not producing). I can see this in the app for the photovoltaic system. From 0:00 to 6:30 a.m. we consume about 2.8 kWh.
How about you?
Best regards
ypg schrieb:
I am more surprised that a monthly cost of around €200 or even more is considered normal. Paying that for the more expensive air source heat pump or air-to-water heat pump, or whatever it is, seems costly to me, especially with the additional technology cost combined with the energy consumption! It really varies too much to generalize. I can also say that we have an air-to-water heat pump with photovoltaic panels and controlled mechanical ventilation, and virtually no electricity costs.
Nida35a schrieb:
@kati1337
Children don’t inherit houses; given today’s life expectancy, they themselves will already be around 70 years old.
Grandchildren inherit houses to move into. I completely agree. My parents always told me how lucky I would be when they’re no longer around (3 nearly paid-off properties).
I’m 39 now, and my parents are 63 and 58. Since we plan to have everything paid off within the next 12 years, my children will probably just blow it all :p
NHN? What is that?
I think it’s good that people are thinking about it. In some areas, we are already well past the point of no return.
I don’t really believe he will inherit it. Considering future generations, everyone should keep climate change and the Earth’s future in mind, but your retirement will consume quite a lot—whether the house is sold for nursing care funds or the money needed for renovation goes into care—the house will be used up either way.
However, 200€ every month is not insignificant to me. And when some people talk about their servers, which also waste a lot of energy, that really makes me feel uneasy about the ongoing costs. Something like that should be explained to those who want to rush into building a single-family home with substantial energy demands, but currently live in a rented apartment costing about 700€.
kati1337 schrieb:
"How real/dramatic do I perceive climate change to be?"
I think it’s good that people are thinking about it. In some areas, we are already well past the point of no return.
kati1337 schrieb:
that we have a young son and we hope he can inherit the house one day and that it will still be above NHN.
I don’t really believe he will inherit it. Considering future generations, everyone should keep climate change and the Earth’s future in mind, but your retirement will consume quite a lot—whether the house is sold for nursing care funds or the money needed for renovation goes into care—the house will be used up either way.
However, 200€ every month is not insignificant to me. And when some people talk about their servers, which also waste a lot of energy, that really makes me feel uneasy about the ongoing costs. Something like that should be explained to those who want to rush into building a single-family home with substantial energy demands, but currently live in a rented apartment costing about 700€.
Zaba12 schrieb:
I completely agree. My parents always told me how well off I would be when they’re no longer around (3 almost paid-off properties).All the properties except for their own home and one apartment were liquidated by my parents. At some point, a self-employed person has to live off something or cover renovation costs for their own house. Just casually taking rent from here and there isn’t feasible. Now, at 77, they live in their house, and we’ll see what happens next...
Back to the main topic briefly. I still haven’t turned on the underfloor heating because, as I mentioned, we specifically got firewood to fuel the fireplace. There is hardly any loss of comfort at the moment—of course, the floor is cold, but the house remains warm. On the ground floor, it’s 22.8°C (73°F), and upstairs in the bedrooms, it’s 20.1°C (68°F). I expect the firewood will be used up by the end of January. After that, we still have two months of heating to go.
Since early May, we have drawn 230 kWh from the energy provider due to the photovoltaic system and battery storage. If another 1,200 kWh are added for the heat pump during February and March, I would be satisfied.
We’ll see how it goes!
Since early May, we have drawn 230 kWh from the energy provider due to the photovoltaic system and battery storage. If another 1,200 kWh are added for the heat pump during February and March, I would be satisfied.
We’ll see how it goes!
Zaba12 schrieb:
On the ground floor, the temperature is 22.8°C (73°F) and in the bedrooms upstairs it’s 20.1°C (68°F).Great! How often do you heat the stove?
Zaba12 schrieb:
There is hardly any loss of comfort at the moment. Of course, the floor is cold, but the house remains warm.Oh, that would be a loss of comfort for me. Cold floors. Do you manage to keep all the rooms warm? I started the heating early exactly because of the floor. Eventually, the tiles did become uncomfortably cool.
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