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High energy prices direct us to lowest energy usage since 1995[nl] (www.vrt.be)

submitted 1 year ago by DV8 to c/belgium

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Interesting to see it really seems like everyone across the board used less and less energy.

What did you all change? Any specific tools or tricks?

Personally I didn't even change my heating level but just used the timers a lot more with sharper cutoffs. And I did use smart plugs between my media appliances and my pc to make sure they are off when I leave the house, as well as being less casual about turning off the lights in rooms that I'm not in. Compared to 2019 (so before more WFH) that's like a 20% savings on gas, and 15% on electricity for me.

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[–] Maraval26 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hi, old small house from 1950 here. My monthly payments had been increased from 180 EUR in 2015 for gas + elec to 1100 EUR at the peak of the crisis last year. I could not afford paying that much and as I did not know how much it would last, I went to the bank and subscribed a 12 years loan. Here is what I improved during last year, with contractors :

New roof with 12cm exterior insulation
Solar panels on the new roof
Battery 5kWh
New gas boiler in replacement of 20yo gas boiler
new thermodynamics boiler for water heating with PV energy in the summer
New pellets stove in order to have a second source of heating.

Thanks to those, I’m 99% self sufficient in the summer.

On my own I DIY interior isolation in the sleeping room upstairs (low cost but high comfort addition as the walls are not super cold anymore).

What I regret not doing, because too big , complex, and afraid of humidity / moisture : exterior isolation of all the walls and/or between the two layers of bricks.

[–] Soulplayer 2 points 1 year ago

Great job!

[–] DV8 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nice, was that 1100 per month or per year because that's insanely high per month.

[–] Maraval26 2 points 1 year ago

1100 per month. To be honest we were invited to pay that insane amount by Luminus but never agreed to. We then switched to Engie. Current monthly invoice is 300, since it’s the first year with PV I don’t know what to expect. My elec and gas consumption are at zero for a few week but they still show some daily amount in the application. What is also insane is the price they buy the kWh (~10 cent) from the PV vs the price we buy the kWh (~ 40 cent?)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Monthly from the way the sentenced is phrased I would say