The average temperature in the Netherlands is fairly cool. Even in the summer months the high usually only reaches the low 70's , so cooling is negligable.
The calculations for the heating part were done a little different than McKay, but were effective.
Based on an in depth study using energy bills and usage per household per year the heating requirements in the Netherlands were found to be:
cookers 0.2 GJ
other cooking 0.2 GJ
Washing Mahine 0.3 GJ
refrigerators 0.2 GJ
Heating 79.8 GJ (This includes hot water & heating the conditioned space)
More in depth figures & calculations can be viewed at:
The Direct and Indirect Energy Requirements of Dutch Households
The numbers were converted to MJ and then, using microsoft converter, converted to kWh/year
[60.7 GJ] *[1000] = 60700MJ = 22417 kWh/year per household
The average household has 2.3 people
[22417 kWh/yr] / [365 days/yr] / 2.3 = 26.7 kWh/day
Note: These stats are from 1995 so the final figure may be a little high due to people cutting down on usage and appliances becoming more efficient.
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