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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Benutzer20017 Jan 2022 11:31Miwi2009 schrieb:
The only explanation I have is, on one hand, the preheating program via the external device (instead of the heat pump)36 kW devices already consume more electricity 😉. If you run them at full power, it adds up – almost 900 kWh daily at full load. Miwi2009 schrieb:
as well as the ventilation and drying devices which ran for a very long period.What do you mean exactly? How long? What kind of devices? How many devices?H
Hausbau 5517 Jan 2022 11:52Benutzer200 schrieb:
36kW devices do consume a lot of electricity 😉. When heating at full capacity, the consumption adds up – almost 900kWh daily at full load. We have a mobile electric heating unit from Evenes to warm up the screed. It operated at a maximum of 21.4 kW. However, it doesn’t run continuously for 24 hours; the machine cycles on and off. The heat generated in the underfloor heating must also be absorbed by the screed. And when warming up, the temperature only rises about 5°C (9°F) per day.
Did I possibly miss something? Was the entire building envelope already insulated as required at the time of heating up? Or was the surrounding environment being heated as well?
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daniel1985ffo2 Feb 2022 16:59What was the outcome here? Was the issue resolved?
Miwi2009 schrieb:
The general contractor denies everythingWhat exactly does that mean, what did you accuse them of? Electricity theft? It should just plausibly explain how the 25,000 kWh (25,000 kWh) came about.
Furthermore, there are still some questions left unanswered here.
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