Hangman
2022-01-03 11:40:21
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Since I don’t have my own heat pump meter, my 1,900 kWh are based on an elaborate estimate ;) However, I assume that this is actually relatively accurate. Since there are only two of us, our hot water consumption is significantly lower (around 300 kWh, the remaining 1,600 kWh is for heating). Additionally, there are 250 kWh for the controlled residential ventilation and 2,000 kWh for household electricity. In total, that makes 4,150 kWh, of which 70% came from the roof. We have about 170 heated sqm, KfW40 standard, as well as a modulating brine-water heat pump. Location is Hochsauerland, so it was really lousy cold this year.
As for the heat pump itself, it does modulate the heating output... but not the pumps – they are fixed at 70%. Since the heating output runs in really low ranges for the vast majority of the time, we will probably have a disproportionately high share of pump electricity. The annual performance factor numbers are given in the heat pump as 5.8 for heating and 4.3 for hot water (mix then 5.6), which I don’t really want to believe. I suspect that these values are without pump electricity, and therefore too optimistic.
As for the heat pump itself, it does modulate the heating output... but not the pumps – they are fixed at 70%. Since the heating output runs in really low ranges for the vast majority of the time, we will probably have a disproportionately high share of pump electricity. The annual performance factor numbers are given in the heat pump as 5.8 for heating and 4.3 for hot water (mix then 5.6), which I don’t really want to believe. I suspect that these values are without pump electricity, and therefore too optimistic.