ᐅ Excessive Electricity Consumption in Single-Family Home Construction – Experiences
Created on: 16 Jan 2022 20:55
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Miwi2009
Hello everyone,
I built a single-family house with a general contractor, and according to the construction contract, I am responsible for the electricity costs during the building phase. After about 9 months of construction, a staggering 25,000 kWh were consumed. This corresponds to approximately €8,000 in electricity costs. In my opinion, the main drivers were the heating program for the screed as well as various heaters and drying devices that were used in the house for some time.
I wanted the general contractor to cover part of the electricity costs (€4,000), but unfortunately, they are unwilling to negotiate and refer to the contract. My logical argument would be that, as a layperson, I would expect a usual electricity consumption or costs for a single-family house to average between €2,500 and €3,500, depending on the season and other factors.
Has anyone had a similar experience or any suggestions on how to get the general contractor to share 50% of the costs?
Thanks in advance!
I built a single-family house with a general contractor, and according to the construction contract, I am responsible for the electricity costs during the building phase. After about 9 months of construction, a staggering 25,000 kWh were consumed. This corresponds to approximately €8,000 in electricity costs. In my opinion, the main drivers were the heating program for the screed as well as various heaters and drying devices that were used in the house for some time.
I wanted the general contractor to cover part of the electricity costs (€4,000), but unfortunately, they are unwilling to negotiate and refer to the contract. My logical argument would be that, as a layperson, I would expect a usual electricity consumption or costs for a single-family house to average between €2,500 and €3,500, depending on the season and other factors.
Has anyone had a similar experience or any suggestions on how to get the general contractor to share 50% of the costs?
Thanks in advance!
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Neubau202228 May 2022 18:49clausen77 schrieb:
I visited the construction site again today and happened to check the electric meter cabinet. I nearly fell over when I saw 12,600 kWh recorded… And we have just finished the shell construction.
Our neighbor, who is already much further along and has completed the screed, only has 8,800 kWh on their meter. Both houses are similar in size (living and usable area about 350 m2 (3,767 ft2))
Unfortunately, I didn’t check if the meter was reset to zero when installed – is it possible that this was not the case? I will call the site manager tomorrow to ask whether this could be correct. That is quite a lot. We are currently at the screed drying phase (two weeks in) and have used about 2,500 kWh. Please don’t confuse kWh and kW; @driver55 taught me that. The six building dryers and supplementary heating via heating cartridges consume about 200 kW per day. 🙂
Neubau2022 schrieb:
That seems like quite a lot. We are currently at the screed drying stage (about 2 weeks ongoing) and have used approximately 2,500 kWh. Please don’t confuse kWh and kW, as @driver55 taught me. The 6 drying units and supplemental heating using heating cartridges consume about 200 kW per day. 🙂Then you have definitely mixed them up. Consumption is measured in kWh.N
Neubau202228 May 2022 20:03Joedreck schrieb:
Then you got it exactly wrong. Consumption is in kWh.I thought kWh means a device uses x kW per hour. And kW is the total consumption?
In der Ruine28 May 2022 20:34Neubau2022 schrieb:
I thought kWh means a device uses x kW per hour. And kW is the total consumption?kW is power. 1000 watts. If you run a device with 1 kW for one hour (h), you have consumed 1 kWh.ypg schrieb:
@Miwi2009 hasn’t been seen around here since February.Maybe locked up in the debt prison after the farewell 🙂
Neubau2022 schrieb:
That seems like quite a lot. We’re currently on the screed drying program (2 weeks running) and at about 2,500 kWh. Please don’t confuse kWh and kW, as @driver55 taught me. The 6 construction dehumidifiers and additional heating with heating cartridges consume about 200 kW per day. 🙂Why use construction dehumidifiers in this weather? And six of them at that…