Heating costs at a glance: tips for saving and free advice!

Heating costs at a glance: tips for saving and free advice!

In the course of increasing heating costs and growing awareness of its own energy consumption, the Rhineland-Palatinate consumer center offers comprehensive support for households in the region. The annual billing of electricity and heating can bring an unpleasant surprise for many consumers. Regular meter tests are therefore advisable to effectively monitor energy consumption. It shows that electricity consumption in the summer months is only slightly lower than in winter, while heating has significant seasonal fluctuations.

like ww-kurier.de reported, there are about 30% of the months of April to September, during January and February Consume heating energy. With such high consumption figures, it is essential to check new and existing devices for their efficiency.

advisory services from the consumer center

The Rhineland-Palatinate consumer center offers free consultations for evaluating electricity and heating energy consumption. These take place in several cities:

• Betzdorf: February 6, 2:15 p.m.-5 p.m., town hall, registration at 02741-291-900.
• Altenkirchen: February 27, 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., community administration, registration at 02681-850.
• Montabaur: February 13, 3:00 p.m.-6:45 p.m., by phone or video, registration at 02602-126 199.
• Hachenburg: February 13, 1:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m., community administration, registration at 02662-801 104.
• Bad Marienberg: February 11, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., telephone, registration at 02661-6268 303.
• Wallmerod: February 26, 1:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m., community administration, registration at 06435-508 336.

In addition, a free energy telephone of the consumer center is available at 0800-60 75 600, which can be reached on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

heating cost statements understand and optimize

heating cost statements are often a challenge. According to Consumerzentrale-energieberatung.de , many bills are incomprehensible and incorrect, whereby only about a third is error-free. Tenant: Inside and owners: Inside, the right to view all documents and object. With increasing energy prices, it is important when additional costs are passed on to consumers: inside. Self -home owners: Inside are often directly affected, while tenants are dependent on their contract.

The consumer center recommends various measures to reduce heating costs. These include:

• to lower the room temperature if you are not at home.
• The use of smart thermostatic valves for automatic temperature control.
• Check the quality of the thermal insulation and consider energetic renovations.
• Reduce hot water consumption through savings braids or perlators.
• radiator not to block objects.
• adhere to optimal room temperatures: about 20 ° C for living rooms and 15 ° C for bedrooms.
• Set the thermostat correctly and turn down at night or before leaving the apartment.

Another important aspect is the individual heating costs. In apartment buildings, these must be distributed according to consumption, which can be made understandable by hot water meters. Households that consume less than 30 liters of hot water per person are considered economical.

growing relevance of energy advice

The needs of competent energy advice are continuously increasing, especially in view of the increased heating energy and electricity prices. Consumerzentrale-energieberatung.de states that households with high energy costs can often reduce them with simple measures. Heating systems can also be optimized through targeted settings to reduce consumption.

The consumer advice centers offer free energy advice across Germany in almost 1,000 advice centers, both on site and online. Questions about renovations and the switch to renewable energies are also discussed.

A predicting planning and the use of the advisory services can make a decisive contribution to avoiding cost -intensive errors. The exchange via suitable thermal insulation and the problem of thermal bridges are also shown to those seeking advice.

To make an appointment, interested parties can use the phone number 0800 - 809 802 400