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What is a good/great/poor average daily energy usage?

 
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What would you consider to be a great, good and poor electrical energy usage in Kwh per day or per month (either is fine) for a 4 person family (2 kids under 6) a SAHM and a father than mostly works from home (online so computer on all day every day)? Our house is around 115m2 (around 1250sq ft) and it is in an urban setting. House is completely electrical (electrical water heating too) and we use 2 aircons in the whole house for heating and cooling when needed. Right now they are off and won't go on until November. I won't list what we use until later because I want people to be honest with what sounds like a good amount and what we could aim for to make it a great amount. Don't want to influence your answer. Thank you! :)
 
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Good question! It's hard to say.

We have one aircon for cooling and for mild heating, but once it gets colder we switch to kerosene heaters. Our current house isn't insulated and is a strange design that lacks roof ventilation making it an oven in the summer and a cave in the winter. Once we fix up the old house we bought, we can try out more efficient heating and cooling measures.

Anyway, I don't have a bill handy, but it varies dramatically by month. August is probably the highest usage when the aircon is on pretty much the whole month. The bill has a section at the bottom comparing usage to the previous month and also to the same month the previous year. I like to think we are doing good if we use less than we did the year before.

When the next bill comes, I'll try to remember to post it.
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