Offertkollen Prototype
Four steps: the house, what has already been done, what is worth looking at — and what the quote you were given actually means.
How we work it out
The ceiling is what you save in a year, in kronor, spread over the measure's How many years a measure is expected to save energy, for example 40 years for insulation. Glossary: economic life at the The interest rate you use to compare what you pay today with what you save over many years. Glossary: discount rate. The same method as in the guide on What it costs to save one kWh with a measure. If that is cheaper than buying the energy, the measure pays off. Glossary: cost per saved kWh, backwards: instead of working the figure out from a price, we work out the price that gives the figure.
Household electricity is worked out from your own figures: from the separate electricity bill if the house has two invoices, otherwise from the summer month times twelve, less the hot water. Left empty, we assume 30 kWh per square metre a year. Two things we never ask: the discount rate is 3 per cent and the life 40 years for insulation and windows. To change them, or to see areas and U-values, there is Åtgärdskalkylen — the same calculation with everything open.
We never guess what your job costs. That is decided by access, how the house is built and how busy the contractor is. We say what such jobs usually cost, where that figure comes from, and what your own price means.
Got a quote you're unsure about?
Send it over and we'll work through the house together. Rohi Perlsteyn, one of the founders, answers.