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(DIR) Post #AzOlv5FSUyueE9nJpI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-20T11:10:54Z
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How many kWh did you use last month?(for your household)The average for a US household is 900 kWh ... this poll is for anyone who can answer it internationally
(DIR) Post #AzOm9aOPV9F8sFtf5k by katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org
2025-10-20T11:13:28Z
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@futurebird Maybe add a note on how many people per household you are assuming.
(DIR) Post #AzOmMqPvEas2KyvTZQ by nblr@chaos.social
2025-10-20T11:15:51Z
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@futurebird ~250 - which is more than double than what's usual for the size of household here. de/ch.
(DIR) Post #AzOmX0gLvMLf4NSUe8 by zbender@mastodon.cloud
2025-10-20T11:17:43Z
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@futurebird 160
(DIR) Post #AzOmddjPeW0Nut3Eye by collectifission@greennuclear.online
2025-10-20T11:18:47Z
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@futurebird 90 kWh and 11 cubic meters in gas.
(DIR) Post #AzOmg66j7cyCVD80Q4 by adrian@mastodon.peaceful.social
2025-10-20T11:18:42Z
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@futurebird @brezelradar This question is ambiguous. kWh implies you are asking for electrical energy, but if someone is using gas or oil for heating, this is usually not measured in kWh.
(DIR) Post #AzOn2xRHW8MuHIdvge by hallvors@oslo.town
2025-10-20T11:23:28Z
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@futurebird the answer will be very different during summers and winters..
(DIR) Post #AzOnBAamUvPFOA0Cf2 by brunox@mastodon.uy
2025-10-20T11:24:54Z
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@futurebird 2 people, 1B apartment, no gas appliances, 236 kWh.
(DIR) Post #AzOnDOIoUj1yUOenoW by loyhena@eldritch.cafe
2025-10-20T11:25:23Z
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@futurebird54kwhIt is important to note that I am using gas for hot water, so the cost of showers is not included in this
(DIR) Post #AzOnL73SVMMVJU9nsm by colin_mcmillen@piaille.fr
2025-10-20T11:26:44Z
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@futurebird about 430kWh per month, about half of it is solar, and we export about 350kWh per month to the grid.BUT our heating is gas-based, and represents about 1.4MWh per month because our house is very badly insulated.
(DIR) Post #AzOnR5YmyVGqPnf35M by andrewplord@mas.to
2025-10-20T11:27:51Z
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@futurebird Since the start of September with 5kw of solar panels and a 10kw battery, we've bought 782kw from the grid and sold back 285kw. This is in winter with electric heating on daily. During summer those figures are very different.
(DIR) Post #AzOnYhfrfLNueQbMe0 by sinmisterios@mastodon.uy
2025-10-20T11:29:10Z
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@futurebird 149 for 2 people, we use gas for cooking
(DIR) Post #AzOnwXsjj1snELzVuC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-20T11:33:27Z
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@nickspacek @DelilahTech That's more that I use for the whole apartment. But who knows how much the subway costs per person...
(DIR) Post #AzOo4qxqf2yYjLLMsC by fornax@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T11:35:02Z
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@futurebird I use on average 120 kWh per month. I live on my own and i have solar panels and a heat pump.
(DIR) Post #AzOoA8fmFTPd6HPZFA by rbairwell@mastodon.org.uk
2025-10-20T11:35:56Z
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@futurebird 3 bed/3 floor semi-detached house with 2 techy people in it 24/7 in the UK with gas heating and cooking: about 310kWh across electric+gas in September, 320kWh in August
(DIR) Post #AzOoHEMVUjRElvmOIK by otte_homan@theblower.au
2025-10-20T11:37:12Z
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@futurebird ... it was 570kWh (for 4 people). So yeah, technically in the second group but only just. Significantly less than avg USA family. And 65kWh of that was homemade solar power (used for dishwashing etc.).
(DIR) Post #AzOoJYRRoGx7cxCMzI by tadbithuman@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T11:37:37Z
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@futurebird When I was growing up in the 90s, our family of 4 used 50 kWh a month and about 24 kg of butane (LPG).Now we're 500+ kWh in the United States.No cooking gas though.I do not recall how much fuel consumption for mobility we had as a family back then. I think it is at least an order of magnitude higher.
(DIR) Post #AzOobjre50YIGZ7hmy by WiteWulf@cyberplace.social
2025-10-20T11:40:58Z
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@futurebird @roytoo I assume you're asking about electricity, in which case 302kWh, but also 527kWh of gas.But a combined total of 829kWh of energy use.
(DIR) Post #AzOodXWEwxyiYbyByS by AbramKedge@beige.party
2025-10-20T11:41:15Z
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@futurebird 130kWh for electricity, plus 61kWh equivalent for hot water and heating .The water/heating part is a bit handwavy IMHO, they pump hot water around the district as a byproduct of electricity generated from park and garden clippings. When I run the hot water tap, a meter measures heat transferred through a heat exchanger and estimates the kWh equivalent.
(DIR) Post #AzOoed89ZX7EFbDus4 by stellarsarah@mastodon.world
2025-10-20T11:41:24Z
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@futurebird our usage varies over the year, but in September, we used 315 kWh (our highest use was April, with 631 kWh). We have a heat pump for our air conditioning and minor heating and then gas for the serious winter heating. We also roughly follow the '70s era Department of Energy suggestion to keep temperatures between 68 °F to 78 °F (20 °C to 25.5 °C), allowing our house to be hotter in the summer and colder in the winter.
(DIR) Post #AzOpAjHsDVJWc14mIq by EvilCartyen@mstdn.dk
2025-10-20T11:47:13Z
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@futurebird 461 kWh - which is above average for us, we're typically around 430 kWh. We're 5 people, each with screens and devices to power and so on.We have central heating using cooling water from the local power plant, and no gas.
(DIR) Post #AzOpLlG5EEIpuXV0TY by roytoo@mstdn.social
2025-10-20T11:49:16Z
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@futurebird Not answering the poll since you indicated it was for international folks. Electricity 1,179 kWh from grid115.2 kWh from solarOur solar system went online around noon on September 23rd and the billing cycle ended on September 26th.Natural Gas1.17 kWh equivalent
(DIR) Post #AzOpQf9XM9hKQGm4Tg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-20T11:50:13Z
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@roytoo Are you ... off planet? how are you not part of international folks... isn't that everyone? (that is what I meant)
(DIR) Post #AzOpTZkHuu32WNLxke by hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange
2025-10-20T11:50:43Z
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@futurebird Put me down in the “over 1500 kWh” category, but there are reasons.We own a 3500 sq ft home in Florida—air conditioning is a major factor in our power budget. Also we work from home and have to keep the house comfortable even in the hottest part of the day. Plus I have servers running constantly for my home lab and IT consulting business.I recently invested in rooftop solar to offset my consumption. I have enough panels on my roof to offset my average power consumption for the year, using credits for the excess production that I feed back into the grid. My home is actually classified as a “Level 2” power generation facility. I calculate it will take roughly 8-10 years to recoup my investment on a system designed to last 20-25 years.Our next car purchase is going to be a (used) EV. I’ll install a fast charger in the garage and charge the car off my solar array. Because we work from home, fuel charges aren’t as big a factor in our budget. But gotta do what we can to save the planet.And that’s all great, but it only works because I had the time and disposable income to do it (and because I live in a place where solar is incredibly efficient). It really brings home to me just how much political willpower and substantial investment will be required to make renewable energy viable for an entire country, much less the world. And that’s assuming we can break the back of the fossil fuel industry and their lobbyists.
(DIR) Post #AzOpWUdTN78xXeYZl2 by roytoo@mstdn.social
2025-10-20T11:51:15Z
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@futurebird Hahahah My coffee hasn't kicked in. Answered the poll now too.
(DIR) Post #AzOpcQ45HLUl6SpVgm by saruwine@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T11:52:17Z
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@futurebird 89 kWh. (2 people in a smallish apartment, district heating, no air con.)
(DIR) Post #AzOpi8pUGxknNzjMiu by debbie@mendeddrum.org
2025-10-20T11:53:13Z
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@futurebird 2 bedroom bungerlow, East of England with two of us in it. We've not put the heating on and we still get enough solar to heat our hot water using a solar diverter to put any spare electricity into heating our water. (May change very soon)Last Month = 143 kWh
(DIR) Post #AzOpp1NwLgR0KD7tZI by Frantasaur@mastodon.ie
2025-10-20T11:54:35Z
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@futurebird I produced 430kWh of solar energy, so net usage is very low. There are 4 in our household and we have an electric car that is also included in usage.
(DIR) Post #AzOq2zbLmFiuqa3phY by 401matthall@mastodon.xyz
2025-10-20T11:57:05Z
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@futurebird Oooph. I'm usually around 1100kWh in the US. My place leaks like a sieve.
(DIR) Post #AzOqQfUMCwODQ04ybw by silmeth@mstdn.social
2025-10-20T12:01:21Z
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@futurebird Around ~130 kWh of electric energy per month.Poland, 2 people in a flat apartment in a city. Heating, hot water, and gas for cooking come separately (and I’ve no idea how much energy we use in those).
(DIR) Post #AzOrC1t0ked8UgC7eq by Anomnomnomaly@beige.party
2025-10-20T12:09:55Z
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@futurebird UK here, 4 bed detached home, decently insulated. No aircon, gas central heating and hot water... heating turned off between May & Sept entirely.Solar panels fitted (4kw) and 15.4kwh of battery storage.We average in the 400-450kwh range for electric. We cook all electric, have 2 or 3 computers running for at least 8hrs a day and one runs 24/7 (home server).Not sure on the gas use, but for 6 months of the year (part of April to middle Oct) it's typically under £20 a month and for 4 months of the year it's around £110 Nov -Feb) a month... then a couple of months in between around the £70 mark (March & Oct).We don't need aircon here in this country and unless you have money to burn... it's rarely installed. Newer homes are well insulated and keep homes cool in summer, warm in winter and very new homes have heat pumps for heating systems and many have no gas installed at all.But there's a lot of older homes that are not well insulated. My previous home wasn't great, and I'd be using around 400kwh of electric there too, mainly using an electric fire in the lounge to avoid having the central heating on too much.But energy costs in the UK are very high, much higher than the rest of the EU as we are charged based on gas pricing even when generated by renewable energy.
(DIR) Post #AzOrLVhJHceLYfF53Q by deadinside@but.still.drinkin.coffee
2025-10-20T12:11:11Z
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@futurebird almost 1800 here. The US household infra is so wasteful, foremost HVACs
(DIR) Post #AzOsAr2zfIHGXerqGO by samiamsam@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T12:20:54Z
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@futurebird 522 now that it is cooler but during the summer about 900 per month, i live in the SW US and keep my indoor temp about 80 during the summer so i use less energy than most during the summer
(DIR) Post #AzOshU6TzS6EwJ3h44 by EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
2025-10-20T12:26:49Z
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@futurebird Even our peak month (prob Dec/Jan) including heat pump (we are all electric) will be under 500kWh - sunny London, UK...
(DIR) Post #AzOsn6ur77AWlJIptY by schuppenvogel@norden.social
2025-10-20T12:27:49Z
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@futurebird approx. 300, 2 people
(DIR) Post #AzOstzW91I7NqK1dA0 by cs@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-10-20T12:28:58Z
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@futurebird Oops! I accidentally reported September bill for mainly August usage, which is near peak cooling. October bill dropped significantly. Bill will bottom out in Jan or Feb as shift moves to natural gas from electricity. (Would be cool if Fedi let you edit vote).
(DIR) Post #AzOtDlO3Ga71oFfTl2 by Razemix@mamutovo.cz
2025-10-20T12:32:38Z
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@futurebird 900 kWh? What are you powering? 😭
(DIR) Post #AzOtorafAIotlPG1jc by Catfish_Man@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T12:39:21Z
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@futurebird negative 281 kWh! :D
(DIR) Post #AzOuXOxUSqcLzkAk8e by kalisz79@mastodon.com.pl
2025-10-20T12:47:24Z
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@futurebird 900 kWh per month? Sweet jesus ;) We're using ~1000 kWh per year in our apartment in Warsaw, Poland, EU.
(DIR) Post #AzOx0b8YSp0u4WOh2O by kzurawel@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-10-20T13:15:07Z
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@futurebird 407 KWh, family of 4, northern midwest US
(DIR) Post #AzOx6iGSsPXHuo0rU8 by wibble@urbanists.social
2025-10-20T13:16:12Z
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@futurebird I don't read my meters often enough to be sure, but the annual bills total around 700 kWh, so an average of ~60 kWh per month. It's a household of one.
(DIR) Post #AzOxL470RenBjCQsIy by Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social
2025-10-20T13:18:46Z
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@futurebird 218kWh in this last month, about $58.Single person , upstairs apartment in Portland Oregon. Electric heat and water, just started using the heat again. This is the lowest month of the year because no air conditioning nor heating was needed.
(DIR) Post #AzOyCJumQB0G5U6jgG by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
2025-10-20T13:28:17Z
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@futurebird 1548kWh last month, including air conditioning. Utility website says I'm tracking for under 500kWh this month, but that seems silly. 2 adults and a part time teenager, electric air conditioning, PHEV, big house.
(DIR) Post #AzOz1DUg3PMawSAS9o by wariat@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T13:37:38Z
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@futurebird Much under… last 2 months is 511 so 255 for month.
(DIR) Post #AzOzHgPKJykBFWW64G by Daniel_IIC@mstdn.plus
2025-10-20T13:40:35Z
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@futurebird Solar on the roof, plug in battery system.We are 4 and we need the grid for around 1-2kWh a day. In Winter it will be a bit more.I feed more then this into the grid, so net cost is negative
(DIR) Post #AzOzWWCiXVIzwph18q by saxnot@chaos.social
2025-10-20T13:41:24Z
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@futurebird sadly I consume 8 MWh p. a. in my single person appartment
(DIR) Post #AzOzXhMqWHmarNzdZ2 by LinuxAndYarn@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T13:43:26Z
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@futurebird 460kwh for a two-story row house with window AC units, now that the weather is getting cooler. In the peak of summer we get up to 800kwh.
(DIR) Post #AzOzfTd9TfDoZXKStk by krazykitty@mamot.fr
2025-10-20T13:44:53Z
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@futurebird Less than 300kWh. 2 people in an apartment near Paris. Everything (heating including hot water, cooking) is electric, but we haven't turned on the heating yet.
(DIR) Post #AzP0YwseQc0tDU1u0e by y6nH@im-in.space
2025-10-20T13:54:49Z
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@futurebird Last month:269 kW electricity221 kW gasAverage British house, 4 occupants, no power generation, but also no AC or EV.
(DIR) Post #AzP0vknvUePMQIh5xQ by YannC@piaille.fr
2025-10-20T13:59:03Z
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@futurebird 90 kWh last month
(DIR) Post #AzP0xtyUMwspRZeuO0 by RobinFriend@mas.to
2025-10-20T13:59:27Z
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@futurebird We do make our own electricity. We usually generate more than we use. The remainder goes back to power company every March.
(DIR) Post #AzP3OqEKbBupYd2hIO by szpiegowsky@pol.social
2025-10-20T14:26:40Z
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@futurebird
(DIR) Post #AzP3R5INYckErR0OP2 by szpiegowsky@pol.social
2025-10-20T14:27:08Z
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(DIR) Post #AzP59H7j2eJwF0eqsy by fluchtkapsel@nerdculture.de
2025-10-20T14:46:18Z
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@futurebird household 242 kWh, heating and warm water 112 kWh.
(DIR) Post #AzP5cwBBTamxyHQ55s by xenia@woof.tech
2025-10-20T14:50:40Z
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@futurebird wait 900kWh per Month?! Did US People lost their freaking mind?! I use with a friend 1500kWh a year!
(DIR) Post #AzPDv5OUkpBxOboJyi by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2025-10-20T15:33:16Z
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@futurebird 900? Must be all that AC. In balmy #sfba we are always under 300. However we do have natural gas…
(DIR) Post #AzPDyfdkRtIkgCedZg by celeduc@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T16:25:15Z
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@futurebird our all-electric household of two used 686 kWh in September, of which 110 kWh went toward car charging. The solar panels produced a megawatt hour.
(DIR) Post #AzPECkKnn9rrIFVKkK by cks@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T15:34:07Z
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@futurebird @mayintoronto It's very convenient for me looking vaguely virtuous that you asked this in October, where my 'last month' figure is comfortably under 500 kWh, instead of a month earlier, when my August usage was much higher because I'm a heat wimp (especially when I'm trying to sleep).This got me to look at my billing history, which suggests that October and March are my lowest-electricity months here in Toronto. (But ... I have natural gas heating (and hot water).)
(DIR) Post #AzPELPxKvalehGfBrc by gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-10-20T15:33:17Z
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@futurebird Interesting that 900kWh is the average here in the US…just checked our most recent bill and it was ~600 last month, and Jun–Sept is typically higher than the rest of the year due to running the air conditioning here in TX. August historically hits 800–1000kWh, but outside those summer months, it's usually <500kWh per month.
(DIR) Post #AzPFiEDQqPr0todHwe by tradjincal@ludosphere.fr
2025-10-20T15:01:29Z
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@futurebird I live in France, in a 90m2 appartement, with heat pump. We are 2 and we use 400kWh by month average (260kWh last month). I think it will not increase with number of people (so if we have childs it will be almost free)
(DIR) Post #AzPGYGyRpmIMVpRO6q by tipjip@bonn.social
2025-10-20T15:11:45Z
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@futurebird 4person household with heatpump for warm water and heating plus electric car here. Depending on month of year numbers range between below 600 kwH (July) and 1250 kwH (January). Average is about 780 kwH.
(DIR) Post #AzPGghIhpsfATovw9o by jpsays@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T16:55:31Z
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@futurebird 1085kwh, two people. AC + EV make up abt 29% / 315kwh of the total. 37% / 401kwh of the total are vampire electronics that are always on.I’m really surprised how low the responses are. Our overall average use this year is even higher than last month (because summer AC), and we’re still in the mid tertile for our neighborhood.
(DIR) Post #AzPOKwSxZOc4mErnnc by danyow@norden.social
2025-10-20T18:21:16Z
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@futurebird electricity alone or should heat (ie from other sources like gas) be included?
(DIR) Post #AzPQRFLAVZmUxcM9nk by _davd@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T18:44:50Z
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@futurebird 520. 300 of which was for my car.
(DIR) Post #AzPQmSLJMSFHMrXL5k by bentsukun@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-10-20T18:48:38Z
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@futurebird 900 seems like a lot. I had 600 and that includes charging an electric car and electric heating with a heat pump.
(DIR) Post #AzPRevxLTWDuqkItii by dr2chase@ohai.social
2025-10-20T18:30:41Z
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@prattmic @log @futurebird @nickspacek @DelilahTech would be interesting to see how marginal cost compares to e-bike — if I believe the display, I get about 60 miles (10 one-way commute trips) per kWh (840Ah battery, actual miles seems about 60/charge).
(DIR) Post #AzPRexDKnYbikcnBHU by log@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-10-20T18:39:07Z
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@dr2chase @prattmic @futurebird @nickspacek @DelilahTech E-bike and electrified light commuter rail are the grand champions of transportation energy efficiency, no question. But I think we'd need to know mean distance per subway system trip to compare wheels-to-steels.
(DIR) Post #AzPReyZhjs5yyIGYmu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-20T18:58:30Z
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@log @dr2chase @prattmic @nickspacek @DelilahTech The distances people go on the subway are rather short. The critical thing is all those people are NOT using the streets for those trips.
(DIR) Post #AzPUSagz0XhLHwSMYC by daniel@colquitt.xyz
2025-10-20T19:29:55Z
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@futurebird combined gas + electricity, or just electricity?
(DIR) Post #AzPWGt0BJ5kmVYz02i by danyow@norden.social
2025-10-20T19:50:14Z
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@futurebird our monthly average this year is under 500 kWh for us 2 adults and the 3 year old (hot water and heating included)
(DIR) Post #AzPWfyV7zxSgnqQAfQ by Volu@ludosphere.fr
2025-10-20T19:54:44Z
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@futurebird ~500, two persons household.
(DIR) Post #AzPXp3oJj8NDpYIDvE by koniectorowiburaki@mastodon.com.pl
2025-10-20T20:07:35Z
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@futurebird Poland here, 3-person household, big city centre. Average for previous 12 months is ca. 150 kWh/month. The heating in winter comes from municipal gas though (and is equivalent to about 900 kWh electricity per month, using the recent conversion coefficient provided by the gas company).
(DIR) Post #AzPiK2vy2FIDd9HjrE by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2025-10-20T22:05:12Z
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@futurebird two people in this household in Berlin, and we don't have monthly numbers, but yearly are: * ~1500 kWh per _year_ of electricity, excluding plant lights. * Another ~1500 kWh per year of electricity for plant lights (basically personal production of anti-depressants).* ~1500 kWh per year of thermal energy for water heating.* ~100 (one hundred) kWh per year of thermal energy for air heating (we only turn it on when guests are visiting in winter, or on New Year's Eve).* ~3000 kWh per year of thermal energy is our share of building-wide automatic mechanical ventilation with apparently broken heat recovery.So, on average, per month: 125 kWh of electric energy, 135 if you include thermal, 260 if you include plant lights, 510 if you also include all the heat wasted outside of our control by the building management.
(DIR) Post #AzPn3cKlfIqYGls2wi by antsu@p.antsu.net
2025-10-20T22:58:18Z
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@futurebird Including gas too? Or just electricity?
(DIR) Post #AzPn86M7zD7KXUe3f6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-20T22:58:37Z
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@antsu I was including gas.
(DIR) Post #AzPpgiBW2torcLJRQG by petabites@mastodon.world
2025-10-20T23:27:16Z
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@futurebird most years, September in Houston is toasty here on the Gulf Coast (of Mexico) we averaged 450 kWk per WEEK -- our Nest thermometer is 74° nights, 76° days -- our home AC unit is a stupid-high efficient SEER * our Sept bills would break 2000kWh if not for the month being a day short at thirty days 🤦
(DIR) Post #AzPps3ggRJSdUaIl6W by antsu@p.antsu.net
2025-10-20T23:29:48Z
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@futurebird Thanks for clarifying. My reason for asking is that in some countries (I'm from Brazil for example, although now living in the UK), it's not common to have gas piped to homes and metered like other utilities, and I saw another Brazilian quote your poll and be quite surprised with the 900 kWh figure due to assuming it was all electricity.
(DIR) Post #AzPx5aE1TYJhqlIABE by pejacoby@infosec.exchange
2025-10-21T00:50:35Z
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@futurebird Last month as cooling season went away we ebbed down to 876. #mnI have more graphs. And it appear we have achieved "average" for US household. This is average per year.
(DIR) Post #AzQ6nQ4dTk8Mh9sY1w by KaKetelmug@mstdn.social
2025-10-21T02:39:20Z
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@futurebird Berlin, 1 person household, electricity <1.000kW/year (pretty stable every month = 100 kW), no AC, no car, just pc, light, fridge and such. Heating, hot water, cooking by natural gas, unrenovated "half-basement" apt, so leaking like hell, and 7.000kW/year for gas = average 580kW, peaks in Dec/Jan/Feb. For past month, 7kW heating/day average, so 310 kW total.
(DIR) Post #AzQNGuH9rkuu1sooEa by soren@helvede.net
2025-10-21T05:44:05Z
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@futurebird 180 kWh last month, which is a little above our average this year: 166 kWh. And we're two adults living in an apartment.
(DIR) Post #AzQTRmV5iKlYpDu7c0 by MirkoDziadzka@mastodon.social
2025-10-21T06:53:17Z
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@futurebird Without the car: 220 for 2 people. The car adds another 150. Living in Germany.
(DIR) Post #AzQfrf5J6jFqnvx1vM by jay_peper@chaos.social
2025-10-21T09:12:24Z
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@futurebird ekectric and gas combined?
(DIR) Post #AzRHjupMUMibZUE5J2 by tierranietos@mastodon.uy
2025-10-21T16:16:44Z
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@futurebird Good question.We have 300 watt solar panels for the main support, charging one middsized battery, using at night commonly one 10w LED lamp and the laptop day and night in use. Than there is another 100w panel with a small 90amp battery for the cellphone that gives us acess to the internet. And than there is the 2x100wat 12v = 100watt 24v setup for the hand held tools battery which is not often in use.No idea how to translate this to our monthly kWh use.So I guess the count would be:{[100w (laptop) x 18 (hs)] x 30 (days)} + {10w [Lamp] x 8 (hs) x 30 (days)} = 56.400wh= 56.4 kWh ?
(DIR) Post #AzRs7MDqOk05Xs9fCy by duncanlock@cosocial.ca
2025-10-21T23:04:25Z
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@futurebird~357 kwh electricity, ~94 kwh gas, rural-ish England. That was before we switched the heating on, so gas will be more this month.
(DIR) Post #AzSP6FLHmzC2PBiJCS by Landa@graz.social
2025-10-22T05:13:56Z
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@futurebird ah. I was wondering. 4 person apartment in Austria here, 335kWh electricity last month. Regular use, cooking and hot water (no municipal gas connection).16% from a local green energy collective (down from 25% in August).We have no PV yet as there‘s no good place for „balcony solar“ and negotiations between all the apartment owners about a large rooftop installation are still ongoing. Can’t easily tell the energy requirements for heating as we‘re on district heating. Very convenient, price isn‘t too bad but the way they measure and bill is Byzantine and seems inane ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
(DIR) Post #AzX6J2OuI3CMh3aobI by sci_photos@troet.cafe
2025-10-24T11:36:57Z
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@futurebird September, that's 90.9 kWh of imported electricity, thanks to #Balkonsolar.
(DIR) Post #AzXQw1OfxCu3xQLovI by PixysJourney@beige.party
2025-10-24T15:27:47Z
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@futurebirdI'm a one person household and according to my app, I used about 95kWh in September. 😊
(DIR) Post #AzdK755d7xsSzmgNu4 by ocramius@mastodon.social
2025-10-27T11:39:57Z
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@futurebird house + car + heating @ 900kWhImpressive that the average US household sits @ 900kWh
(DIR) Post #Azdfk6SQ4hDrZHn54C by UberZeitgeist@mstdn.social
2025-10-27T15:42:18Z
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@futurebird - US homes tend to be larger (ours, for example, is 2,900 s/f, or about 270 square meters) and often multi-story (ours is two full stories, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, plus an attic, plus a finished basement), and most have combined central heating/central air condition, plus stand-alone hot water tank/heaters, rather than on-demand units, so consumption tends to be higher.