How Much energy do you use?

[chronical]

Can you provide your energy usage verses square footage?

Additional info is helpful if you would like to provide it, such as if you have a pool, two stories, keep the a/c at 68 degrees etc.

According to Oncor, here is what our usage has been the past year. We have a pool. We turn off the ac/heat during the day when no one is here. Our home is 1900 square feet and two stories.

01/17 4490 k/hr
02/17 3865 k/hr
03/17 2890 k/hr
04/17 2530 k/hr
05/17 2840 k/hr
06/17 2855 k/hr
07/17 2790 k/hr
08/17 3700 k/hr
09/17 2875 k/hr
10/17 2700 k/hr
11/17 2350 k/hr
12/17 2575 k/hr
01/18 4594 k/hr
02/18 4353 k/hr

[Chili]

Wife is a teacher and kids, so our summer usage is high.. This is ~2k sq ft, single story ranch built in 1961 with shit insulation and single pane windows but a high efficiency (18 seer) AC system. No pool or other big use items. Gas furnace, water heater but electric dryer, range and oven. AC stays set at 71* 24/7 when it's warm (3 dogs, 2 cats):


Trans Date KH
02/23/18 891
01/25/18 1,003
12/26/17 1,139
11/27/17 1,141
10/25/17 1,438
09/27/17 2,210
08/26/17 2,343
07/27/17 2,603
06/26/17 2,044
05/25/17 1,367
04/26/17 1,342
03/24/17 986
02/23/17 844
01/25/17 827
12/27/16 1,106
11/23/16 1,156
10/25/16 1,450
09/26/16 2,136
08/25/16 2,317
07/26/16 2,391
06/24/16 1,719
05/25/16 1,239
04/26/16 1,085
02/25/16 870
03/28/16 943

[94mstng94]

We averaged 950 k/hr last year. 2,400 sq/ft built last year. Spray foam insulated. We keep the thermostat between 68 and 72 year round. No kids.


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[FastFord19]

2700 sqft. One story, all electric. 3 occupants. 18 seer 2 zone system. We keep the temp around 72, except at night we drop it to about 68.



Date Usage
2/21/2018 2296 kWh
1/23/2018 2501 kWh
12/20/2017 1403 kWh
11/21/2017 1147 kWh
10/23/2017 1434 kWh
9/22/2017 1600 kWh
8/23/2017 1718 kWh
7/24/2017 1571 kWh
6/22/2017 1215 kWh
5/23/2017 1008 kWh
4/21/2017 868 kWh
3/23/2017 1178 kWh
2/21/2017 1320 kWh
1/24/2017 1828 kWh

[Ruffdaddy]

Can you provide your energy usage verses square footage?

Additional info is helpful if you would like to provide it, such as if you have a pool, two stories, keep the a/c at 68 degrees etc.

According to Oncor, here is what our usage has been the past year. We have a pool. We turn off the ac/heat during the day when no one is here. Our home is 1900 square feet and two stories.

01/17 4490 k/hr
02/17 3865 k/hr
03/17 2890 k/hr
04/17 2530 k/hr
05/17 2840 k/hr
06/17 2855 k/hr
07/17 2790 k/hr
08/17 3700 k/hr
09/17 2875 k/hr
10/17 2700 k/hr
11/17 2350 k/hr
12/17 2575 k/hr
01/18 4594 k/hr
02/18 4353 k/hr

A 1900 sqft 2 story?

That usage seems really high. Have you inspected the hvac system?

[chronical]

A 1900 sqft 2 story?

That usage seems really high. Have you inspected the hvac system?

Yes. All bedrooms are upstairs. Maybe 1950 but not a big home.

I haven’t inspected it but it works well and is newer. I don’t know where to start to figure this out.

[Ruffdaddy]

Yes. All bedrooms are upstairs. Maybe 1950 but not a big home.

I haven’t inspected it but it works well and is newer. I don’t know where to start to figure this out.

We live in a 1 year old house and the upstairs was always 80+ degrees when the heater was on and it was cold outside. We got the system balanced and they said it was just the heat rising....you know that BS. I went through the system and found that the pressure regulating damper adjuster was 90 degrees rotated from where it should be. Which meant it was holding itself completely open....and the damper just happened to dump the air upstairs so it was heating the upstairs anytime the heat was on. It would hit over 90 on occasion.

Finally I went rooting around myself, realized the CPRD was installed wrong and fixed it. The heat works perfect now and we save a lot of energy that was just being dumped where we didn't need it.

[jw33]

Two story 4K sqft built in 2011 with a gas furnace/water heater and we keep the thermostat around 75 in the summer. No pool.


6/1 - 1750
7/1 - 2270
8/1 - 2370
9/1 - 1940
10/1 - 1500
11/1 - 973
12/1 - 860
1/1 - 1100

[Torinoman]

In the last 4 months my highest usage was 500 kWh. Last month it was like 300 kWh.
In the summer I might have used a hair over 2000 kWh in August.

1700 sqft, gas heat, built in 1956. Not the most efficient but I've been pretty happy with usage

[Torinoman]

Also, where do you get your energy in this world?

[Chili]

Yes. All bedrooms are upstairs. Maybe 1950 but not a big home.

I haven’t inspected it but it works well and is newer. I don’t know where to start to figure this out.

It doesn't seem like it's working well if you used 4500 kWh in Jan! I didn't even notice that. I guess electric heat? That's crazy usage if you have your heat off during the day. Are you heating your pool or a hot tub or something?

[Chili]

In the last 4 months my highest usage was 500 kWh. Last month it was like 300 kWh.
In the summer I might have used a hair over 2000 kWh in August.

1700 sqft, gas heat, built in 1956. Not the most efficient but I've been pretty happy with usage

And that's crazy low! Do you live by yourself? Never home?

[chronical]

It doesn't seem like it's working well if you used 4500 kWh in Jan! I didn't even notice that. I guess electric heat? That's crazy usage if you have your heat off during the day. Are you heating your pool or a hot tub or something?

Electric heat, electric water heater. Pool doesn’t have a heater and no hot tub.

[8mpg]

2100sqft home all electric. A/C and heat between 72-74 year round. We have a spray foamed attic, walls, and now crawl space. This is a 1960s remodel. There was 2 of us, my parents moved in with us end of May of last year.

Feb-2018 28 1307
Jan-2018 31 1505
Dec-2017 34 1233
Nov-2017 28 899
Oct-2017 29 1198
Sep-2017 33 1524
Aug-2017 29 1616
Jul-2017 33 1870
Jun-2017 30 1141
May-2017 30 819
Apr-2017 28 721
Mar-2017 32 769
Feb-2017 28 788

[beefed88]

Yes. All bedrooms are upstairs. Maybe 1950 but not a big home.

I haven’t inspected it but it works well and is newer. I don’t know where to start to figure this out.

You might call oncor and see if there are energy efficiency programs available. Maybe start with a blow test of the house.