As consumption one understands the use of a property. The term is used meant that the property becomes less by an activity.

That, which uses the property, is called consumers/final consumers, as a person, who also acquired the property, also consumer. A consumer can be also a machine, for example an engine.

Middle consumption per year

Reference points for values consumed per year in Germany:

• Water: approx. 30-45 m (ca.130 litre/day) per person
• Warm water consumption: 10-15 m per person
• River: approx. 1500-2000 KW/H per person, if is electrically boiled and electrically water is heated up.
• River: approx. 500-1000 KW/H per person, if without river is boiled, but heated up electrically water.
• Current consumption Federal average for a 3 person household: 1300 KW/H per person (1998)
• Current consumption Federal average for 4 a person household: 1025 KW/H per person
• Current consumption in Germany altogether (incl. industry): 581 billion a KW/H (2002)

• Long-distance heating: approx. 70-140 KW/H per m floor space
• Oil heating: approx. 18-19 l per m floor space (1 l fuel oil == 10 KW/H)
• Gas heating: approx. 18-20 m per m floor space (1 m gas == 10 KW/H)
• Telephone costs fixed connection approx. 480 EUR per household (40 EUR/Monat), incl. basic charges

See also

• Energy-saving driving fashion
• Land consumption
• Fuel consumption
• Basic conversion (energy consumption of humans)

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