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Annual energy cost for a house

  • 15-05-2015 11:32pm
    #1
    Mountain Rescue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭


    Size 118m2 or 1300 square foot
    Annual heating and hot water approx €700
    Annual electricity €720
    Gas for cooking €120
    Total per annum €1540 approx
    3adults
    No solar
    oil heating for rads and water and gas for cooking
    How do others compare to this,it's really difficult to find comparisons online so where better to post than boards,
    Looking forward to seeing how good or bad we are


Comments

  • #2
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    It is almost impossible to compare.

    It would depend on who is home and when, what they do/use, what appliances are in the home, how energy efficient the appliances are, etc, etc, etc.

    So, saying there are 3 adults means very little. One adult can use more energy than 4, depending on what they do and what they use, especially if the one adult is home a lot but the 4 adults work and socialise a lot.

    You can get what people use in their home, but it won't make much difference to you.


  • #3
    Mountain Rescue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭Mountain Rescue


    I know every house will differ slightly buts It's more to get a rough idea of energy spends,I think i do OK but at the same time if someone post something far less than where I am I know I need to look at my usage a little bit more,


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    It's not a valid comparison. Peoples usage is going to differ so much due to :

    Times at home.
    How many at home.
    Type of heating system.
    Age of heating system.
    Dual control.
    Insulation levels.
    Insulated pipe work?
    Insulated cylinder.

    Heck, you could be using double what the neighbour in the same style of house is using due to all of those factors plus more.


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