Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Who uses up 7500kWh per year? That's crazy...

It's done quite quickly. We (4 people) have consumed about 10,000kWh per year in recent years. Without a heat pump and electric car, but with a lot of gadgets (air conditioning, controlled residential ventilation, pool, saltwater aquarium, server, etc.) I have now replaced some old technology, so it will probably be 2000kWh less. That's how it is. :cool:

I am always amazed by the crazy power consumption in the home office. And as always, when something seems strange... we start calculating: My ZBook G7 consumes around 150 watts at full throttle (the power supply doesn't provide more), with the screen, etc. 250 watts. We generously calculate that for 10 hours/day and, assuming 220 working days, come to a staggering 550 kWh. IF we assume that my laptop is running at full power for 10 hours a day... it of course is not... no computer runs at full load for 10 hours a day, especially not an office laptop that only handles Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook... So please stop using the home office as a fig leaf for absurdly high consumption...

.. but then you forget that a proper desk lamp (I have a daylight lamp), a second monitor or a second device, the router is under load, a possible printer, etc. also belong to the home office. Then you are usually there, the coffee machine is running, you might also have a second light on, etc. All things that are not running when you are at the company.

So please stop using [HomeOffice] as a fig leaf for absurdly high consumption...

Four users responded to the topic "Consumption 7500 kWh," only one mentioned [HomeOffice]. However, that was only "among other things." In addition, there were five other points that, based on the wording, were formulated as clearly more serious.

Why are you so upset about this now and generalize exactly that point like this?

.. then you forget that a proper workplace lamp (I have a daylight lamp), a second monitor or a second device, the router is under load, possibly a printer, etc. also belong to the home office. Then you are generally there, the coffee machine is running, you might also have a second light on, etc. All things that are not running when you are at the company.

All of that is easily covered by the 250 watts I estimate. As long as you do not operate a Catia V6 workstation that displays 3D models the entire workday, 250 watts are more than sufficient. This is all massively overestimated, that’s what I want to point out...
And the vehicle that transports you to the office usually does not move by love and kind words alone, but needs fuel or electric energy...

Home office is worthwhile for almost everyone, also financially...

So please stop using home office as a fig leaf for absurdly high consumption...

I have two computers running with two monitors. The light is on. MuFu is on. Meraki box is on. That’s already something. But just among other things. Also interesting is the 200*220 waterbed as a nice to have. Or really cool the car with somewhere around 5,000 kWh.