Well....there is a piece on N-TV news this morning on Germany where this topic is discussed.
Klaus Müller, the The President of the Federal Network Agency, said that savings on energy has to occur. All of this....because of the view of Russia.
Key quote: "From the point of view of the storage levels, I have to say clearly: everyone is called upon to help save gas today."
His suggestion? Reducing apartment/home temperatures to as low as 17 degrees (62 F).
Presently, with spring in the air....I don't see this philosophy selling well. Maybe when we arrive at mid-September.....the discussion will open up again.
In my region....central Germany....the vast number of houses are heated via natural gas. If you asked about temperature settings, I'd take a guess that most people have the temperature set between 20 and 22 C (68 to 70 F). Five percent (my humble guess) would have the setting closer to 25 C (78 F).
Could you actually go as low as 17 C? If you had a convictional heater in the bathroom (electrical), and you could heat that one room up for baths....maybe you could establish 17 as a normal situation (would mean sweaters are in the mix, and the cat is probably laying on top of you for most of the night).
The curious thing? Well....if you went back to the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.....most German homes had one single room adequately heated (charcoal, wood, or coal) and you accepted marginal heat in the winter.
This next winter might be kinda interesting.
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