Electricity Consumption - Update

We moved to a “low-energy” house last year, and I was wondering if we would really need less energy than before. I wrote about this before.

Over the last few months, I went to the basement regularly and checked the meter. I am still aware that it’s apples vs. oranges, but I think it’s interesting to write about nevertheless.

Back then, my very simple linear progression assumed that we would end up with ~1,500 kWh at the end of the year. Meanwhile, winter has passed, and we see that the electric heating and the dryer took their share. At the beginning of August, we had already consumed more than 1,200 kWh. If I extrapolate this until the end of the year, we will end up with ~2,200, which is a little more than our average last year.