Electricity consumption at home, what is your consumption?

Controlled residential ventilation increases comfort for 10-12k€, but it is not a must-have for the houses

I think you still have to build first, or are you already living in it? The consideration about how much your own private time is worth, which is, as we know, unpaid, usually comes up at the latest with the DIY part, e.g., the painting work. There are people who earn very well, which of course is reflected in the personal value (if you spend 60 hours either after work or you say: I’d rather earn that and hire a service because in the time saved I do what I want and not what must be done). I once decided that my leisure time is worth €30/hour to me. That means: if I have to do something at home, then this is how much it is worth. If I spend a quarter of an hour each morning and evening airing (downstairs has to be more or less supervised, so start upstairs and work your way down, 5 minutes coffee, then lock everything again, then I invest half an hour per day. €15 x 365 = €5475. So after 2 1/2 years at the latest, the controlled residential ventilation has paid off. By the way, I can gladly listen to birds chirping at our place when I wake up at 4 in the morning. But being honest with oneself: in the morning after getting up, there’s the timetable, the start of work, the carpool, the traffic jam, or the dawdling child – hardly anyone has the inclination to deal with airing every morning. Not to mention in the evening in winter: letting cold air in for a quarter of an hour, on the other hand letting the day’s warmth out – you actually don’t want that, and regarding the latter, you become stingy... You don’t see mold, but you feel the heat/cold and the time pressure. And then you rather don’t do it, because laziness wins. Yes, enough off topic (I already wrote this post earlier today and forgot to send it): We, in a 2-person household with controlled residential ventilation, dryer, a constantly running PC and TV in the evening, halogen light alongside LED, cook regularly – 2650 kWh. The average consumption is about 3000, according to Google. Electricity guzzlers are also irons and hairdryers.

Fireplace and controlled residential ventilation are my two absolute favorite gadgets in the house. Both save electricity. I get wood for free, and controlled residential ventilation pays for itself through heat recovery except for the initial investment.

You are right. A fireplace is also not economical, but it provides me with great comfort. If you transfer the discussion to a car, it gets interesting. Nothing there is economical, neither the air conditioning nor the automatic transmission. But most people say, I don't want to give that up. With a house with controlled residential ventilation and heating, it's the same. Only there, the money runs out. Regarding electricity consumption: 3500 kWh in general last year and 5000 kWh heat pump. In total 8500 kWh. With an electric car, it will certainly be even more now...