I don’t know if anyone else besides me enjoys analyzing consumption and numbers related to the electricity and gas price caps and their forecasts, so here is just an attempt:
Forecast: Electricity 2,400 kWh per year, consumption since 06/04/22 at 2,917 kWh
Forecast: Gas 20,000 kWh per year, consumption since 06/04/22 at 52.81 m3 (cubic meters) → converted with factor 10 results in 528.1 kWh
The following is for those who want more detailed information:
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Single-family house (Leipzig district) with underfloor heating / tiles throughout
Built according to energy saving regulations (gas condensing boiler plus solar thermal system)
Approx. 139 sq m (1,495 sq ft) of living area
Residents are two adults, no children, home all day
Moved in early August 2022
Electricity and gas meters have been running since about mid-June 2022
Until September 2022, supply was via temporary contract; since October 2022, basic supply
Special features: sauna (operated once a week using high-voltage power) and home brewing beer (about once a month)
Thermal final energy per sq m: 37.57 kWh/m2a – auxiliary final energy per sq m: 2.87 kWh/m2a – primary energy per sq m: 46.5 kWh/m2a
Edit: Unfortunately, I was no longer able to change the title to "...-price cap," which would be more accurate.
Forecast: Electricity 2,400 kWh per year, consumption since 06/04/22 at 2,917 kWh
Forecast: Gas 20,000 kWh per year, consumption since 06/04/22 at 52.81 m3 (cubic meters) → converted with factor 10 results in 528.1 kWh
The following is for those who want more detailed information:
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Single-family house (Leipzig district) with underfloor heating / tiles throughout
Built according to energy saving regulations (gas condensing boiler plus solar thermal system)
Approx. 139 sq m (1,495 sq ft) of living area
Residents are two adults, no children, home all day
Moved in early August 2022
Electricity and gas meters have been running since about mid-June 2022
Until September 2022, supply was via temporary contract; since October 2022, basic supply
Special features: sauna (operated once a week using high-voltage power) and home brewing beer (about once a month)
Thermal final energy per sq m: 37.57 kWh/m2a – auxiliary final energy per sq m: 2.87 kWh/m2a – primary energy per sq m: 46.5 kWh/m2a
Edit: Unfortunately, I was no longer able to change the title to "...-price cap," which would be more accurate.
RotorMotor schrieb:
With gas heating, you have around 100% efficiency, so you don’t really need to take it into account specifically. I had read something about 94% efficiency for new condensing boilers (so you can probably safely ignore it) and about 70% for older ones.
Musketier schrieb:
I read that new condensing boilers have an efficiency of about 94% (which can probably be safely disregarded) and older ones around 70%.That is also correct. Especially poorly balanced hydraulics and bad settings additionally cause efficiency losses.Pinkiponk schrieb:
Forecast: Gas 20,000 kWh With almost 30 m2 (320 ft2) more space plus a gas stove, we will end up this year at just over half of that. So the forecast is quite high.
Pinkiponk schrieb:
Consumption since 06/04/22 at 2,917 kWh I haven’t even used 3,000 kWh in 5 months with an electric vehicle.
Strange numbers.
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Pinkiponk3 Nov 2022 19:13MayrCh schrieb:
With almost 30 m2 (320 sq ft) more space plus a gas stove, we will end up at just over half the consumption this year. Quite a steep forecast, then. Maybe the gas provider didn’t take into account or wasn’t aware that we have solar thermal support.
MayrCh schrieb:
I haven’t even used 3000 kWh (10,290,000 BTU) in 5 months with an electric vehicle.
Strange numbers. I think that some of the house drying was done using normal electricity. I don’t yet know how sauna and homebrewing kitchen factor in. But in the coming weeks, we will receive the iONA app from our provider, which we’re really looking forward to. This might allow us to identify the main consumers.
Winniefred3 Nov 2022 20:16The price caps won’t really help us, since we already use very little energy and locked in prices when they were still relatively low (gas currently around 6 cents and electricity about 24 cents). Recently, the four of us used roughly 1800 kWh of electricity and about 9000 kWh of gas. I would have to check exact figures, but in any case, we received a refund from both providers. Saving another 20% seems almost impossible for us without making significant compromises.
I have been tracking our consumption for years, and although our household grew and the apartments (now a house) became somewhat larger, our usage actually decreased. This winter, as a way to save gas, we haven’t turned on the heating yet and are trying to keep the temperature at 18°C (64°F) for as long as possible.
We live in a small semi-detached house built in 1921.
I have been tracking our consumption for years, and although our household grew and the apartments (now a house) became somewhat larger, our usage actually decreased. This winter, as a way to save gas, we haven’t turned on the heating yet and are trying to keep the temperature at 18°C (64°F) for as long as possible.
We live in a small semi-detached house built in 1921.
SumsumBiene3 Nov 2022 20:23We have been living since May in a 105 sqm (1130 sq ft) older building (heated a little since March). Our energy consumption was estimated at 15,000 kWh for gas, and because of the price, we simply set electricity consumption at 2,500 kWh (previously around 3,200 kWh in the rental apartment). Three people live here, and no one is at home during the day until 2 pm. The gas price is 0.17 cents and electricity costs 0.44 cents per kWh. So far, we have used 950 kWh of electricity and 267 m³ (cubic meters) of gas (multiplied by 11 equals 2,937 kWh).
So far, it looks promising, and we will probably get some refund. We will certainly benefit from the price cap.
So far, it looks promising, and we will probably get some refund. We will certainly benefit from the price cap.
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