2022 energy use 4 January at 2:44PM in Energy 26 replies 1.4K views

ariarnia

vic_sf49 said:

ariarnia said:

here's us and compared to last year. the spike in april was the building work for the new bathroom i think. and december increased gas use is the MIL staying with us. doesn't show the logs we've used (about 2cubic meters worth)

 

Is your data from an app please @ariarnia?

I have years of usage data in excel, but wouldn't mind having a handy comparison tool on my tablet.

I use BrightApp already, so happy to import my data into another app.

its the ovo dashboard. we've been with them 3 years so they show year on year comparison. 

if you have the data its easy enough to make a chart in something like google sheets tho. 

https://digitalmaestro.org/articles/google-sheets-comparison-line-charts

matelodave

Mine was exactly 7029kwh,for our 140m2 reasonably well insulated 1986 bungalow stuck out in the Cambridgeshire fens. All electric with heating  & hot water from an air source heatpump and underfloor heating.

It still only achieved a 66-D rating on the EPC after all the work we did. The EPC estimate for heating is 12565kwh and 2759kwh for hot water. For some reason having an ASHP is only rated as good on the EPC and heating hot water from the main heating system only rates as poor. I do wonder if someone who had a better idea of what a heatpump does might have achieved a better EPC rating. We still goy over £5k back in RHI payments so I'm not too upset.

ariarnia

matelodave said:

Mine was exactly 7029kwh,for our 140m2 reasonably well insulated 1986 bungalow stuck out in the Cambridgeshire fens. All electric with heating  & hot water from an air source heatpump and underfloor heating.

It still only achieved a 66-D rating on the EPC after all the work we did. The EPC estimate for heating is 12565kwh and 2759kwh for hot water. For some reason having an ASHP is only rated as good on the EPC and heating hot water from the main heating system only rates as poor. I do wonder if someone who had a better idea of what a heatpump does might have achieved a better EPC rating. We still goy over £5k back in RHI payments so I'm not too upset.

its not about them having a better idea. electric heating can't score more highly because the way epc scores electric vs gas. so any assessor has to score the same.

https://www.elmhurstenergy.co.uk/blog/2022/07/04/why-does-my-epc-not-recommend-a-heat-pump/ 

by the way. why did you want a new epc? we got one when we bought the place but havent bothered to get a new one done (so if you look online we're still an e or something) because unless we want to sell there a bit pointless (they dont actually check how much insulation or whatever and just assume). 

vic_sf49

ariarnia said:

vic_sf49 said:

ariarnia said:

here's us and compared to last year. the spike in april was the building work for the new bathroom i think. and december increased gas use is the MIL staying with us. doesn't show the logs we've used (about 2cubic meters worth)

 

Is your data from an app please @ariarnia?

I have years of usage data in excel, but wouldn't mind having a handy comparison tool on my tablet.

I use BrightApp already, so happy to import my data into another app.

its the ovo dashboard. we've been with them 3 years so they show year on year comparison. 

if you have the data its easy enough to make a chart in something like google sheets tho. 

https://digitalmaestro.org/articles/google-sheets-comparison-line-charts

That's a nice dashboard Ovo have. I was just trying to save myself the trouble of getting my laptop out, and faffing in excel.

ariarnia

vic_sf49 said:

ariarnia said:

vic_sf49 said:

ariarnia said:

here's us and compared to last year. the spike in april was the building work for the new bathroom i think. and december increased gas use is the MIL staying with us. doesn't show the logs we've used (about 2cubic meters worth)

 

Is your data from an app please @ariarnia?

I have years of usage data in excel, but wouldn't mind having a handy comparison tool on my tablet.

I use BrightApp already, so happy to import my data into another app.

its the ovo dashboard. we've been with them 3 years so they show year on year comparison. 

if you have the data its easy enough to make a chart in something like google sheets tho. 

https://digitalmaestro.org/articles/google-sheets-comparison-line-charts

That's a nice dashboard Ovo have. I was just trying to save myself the trouble of getting my laptop out, and faffing in excel.

and here's me hoping you'd do it in sheets and share a link so i could steal a copy to paste in the 5 years worth of data we've got from pre ovo

matelodave

ariarnia said:

matelodave said:

Mine was exactly 7029kwh,for our 140m2 reasonably well insulated 1986 bungalow stuck out in the Cambridgeshire fens. All electric with heating  & hot water from an air source heatpump and underfloor heating.

It still only achieved a 66-D rating on the EPC after all the work we did. The EPC estimate for heating is 12565kwh and 2759kwh for hot water. For some reason having an ASHP is only rated as good on the EPC and heating hot water from the main heating system only rates as poor. I do wonder if someone who had a better idea of what a heatpump does might have achieved a better EPC rating. We still goy over £5k back in RHI payments so I'm not too upset.

its not about them having a better idea. electric heating can't score more highly because the way epc scores electric vs gas. so any assessor has to score the same.

https://www.elmhurstenergy.co.uk/blog/2022/07/04/why-does-my-epc-not-recommend-a-heat-pump/ 

by the way. why did you want a new epc? we got one when we bought the place but havent bothered to get a new one done (so if you look online we're still an e or something) because unless we want to sell there a bit pointless (they dont actually check how much insulation or whatever and just assume). 

I had to get an EPC to be able to claim RHI payments. Originally the bungalow had storage heaters and minimal insulation in the loft and had an EPC of 32- F and a new EPC was needed.

vic_sf49

ariarnia said:

vic_sf49 said:

ariarnia said:

vic_sf49 said:

ariarnia said:

here's us and compared to last year. the spike in april was the building work for the new bathroom i think. and december increased gas use is the MIL staying with us. doesn't show the logs we've used (about 2cubic meters worth)

 

Is your data from an app please @ariarnia?

I have years of usage data in excel, but wouldn't mind having a handy comparison tool on my tablet.

I use BrightApp already, so happy to import my data into another app.

its the ovo dashboard. we've been with them 3 years so they show year on year comparison. 

if you have the data its easy enough to make a chart in something like google sheets tho. 

https://digitalmaestro.org/articles/google-sheets-comparison-line-charts

That's a nice dashboard Ovo have. I was just trying to save myself the trouble of getting my laptop out, and faffing in excel.

and here's me hoping you'd do it in sheets and share a link so i could steal a copy to paste in the 5 years worth of data we've got from pre ovo

I don't think I've ever done graphs in excel, so my faffing might last 5 minutes, before the laptop is launched through the window.

Never heard of sheets though, so I might have a quick look. Although don't expect any links in the near future/this decade.

#if I wait long enough, one of the wonderful experts on this board, will do the hard work for me/us#

Jami74

Electric only: (3 bedroom uninsulated terrace house in the South East)

2022 6423 kWh (£1713)
2021 8652 kWh (£1434)

michaels

5 bed semi, inc own use of solar PV cavity wall and loft insulation, mix of old and new DG.  Leccy includes 10-12k electric miles

2021 11.3k leccy 37k gas £2000 + Standing Charge
2022 12k leccy 24.1k gas £3150 +SC

wild666

My electric usage in 2022 was 1686kWh and the gas was 699kWh I think over 300kWh was down to use of the Xbox/ps4 and TV as the previous year 2021 was 1400kWh