Ok, I just checked in with my parents who live in a freestanding house. They used 3000 kwh last year. I think I'm under 1000 kwh but I live in an apartment so that comparison is lacking because I don't have outdoor light sources. My parents have those movement-triggered lights.
According to this source (in German) that's slightly below average. Probably because my parents don't heat water with electricity because they have a central heating system that does it. And the above source includes water boiler usage.
Based purely on my own experiences most Germans don't heat with electricity. It was done in the 1980s and 1990s because you could buy electricity during the night when prices were a lot lower but that's no longer the case so electricity-based heating is crazy expensive nowadays and anyone who can afford it has switched to other heating sources.
If I take the 236 kwh per month than wouldn't that only be 2832 kwh per year? Where are the other 1800 kwh coming from? Or is this for April and therefore doesn't include more electricity usage in the winter months? I'm a bit mad that your provider doesn't give you better numbers to compare to your neighbors. It's not even clear to me if neighbor means household or person.
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Date: 2021-Apr-24, Saturday 11:04 am (UTC)According to this source (in German) that's slightly below average. Probably because my parents don't heat water with electricity because they have a central heating system that does it. And the above source includes water boiler usage.
Based purely on my own experiences most Germans don't heat with electricity. It was done in the 1980s and 1990s because you could buy electricity during the night when prices were a lot lower but that's no longer the case so electricity-based heating is crazy expensive nowadays and anyone who can afford it has switched to other heating sources.
If I take the 236 kwh per month than wouldn't that only be 2832 kwh per year? Where are the other 1800 kwh coming from? Or is this for April and therefore doesn't include more electricity usage in the winter months? I'm a bit mad that your provider doesn't give you better numbers to compare to your neighbors. It's not even clear to me if neighbor means household or person.