Posted on 07/08/2022 6:58:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Two days ago, Germany's second-largest town of Hamburg told residents to prepare for hot-water rationing during certain times of the day due to "an acute gas shortage."
Now, Germany's largest landlord has warned tenants that when the heating season starts in autumn, they will only be able to turn their heat up to 17C (62.6F) between the hours of 11pm and 6am.
In a Thursday announcement, Vonovia said the move was intended to save energy and gas use during the current crisis. The company added that the change won't affect daytime temperatures, and that access to hot water won't be affected, meaning tenants can wash and shower as usual according to The Local.
Workers will modify the heating system during routine maintenance, and is expected to save around 8% on heating costs once the change comes into force.
Vonovia’s announcement comes after it emerged that a housing co-op in Saxony had taken drastic steps to minimise energy use in its buildings – including turning off the hot water for several hours a day.
The move means tenants of Dippoldiswalde Housing Cooperative can only take warm showers in the early mornings and late afternoons on the weekdays. The heating systems are also set to remain off until September. -The Local
Meanwhile, Germany's Federal Network Agency has been pushing for a change in the legal minimum temperatures for tenants - with president Klaus Müller telling the Rheinische Post last month that tenants should face pressure to reduce their energy usage ahead of winter.
"In tenancy law, there are specifications according to which the landlord must set the heating system so that a minimum temperature of between 20C and 22C is achieved," he said, adding "The state could temporarily lower the specifications for landlords. We are discussing this with politicians."
Right now the legal minimum temperature is currently 16-17C in the night, and 20-22C (68-71.6F) during the day.
With Germany scrambling to replenish its energy supply for the winter, Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) has set strict legal targets for gas storage facilities - with just 40% of the usual deliveries flowing through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia.
If the situation continues to deteriorate, caps on energy usage or other measures - such as reducing temperatures in apartment complexes, may be ordered at the federal level.
Firewood in Germany is at a premium.
More than 5 million barrels of oil that were part of a historic U.S. emergency reserves release to lower domestic fuel prices were exported to Europe and Asia last month, according to data and sources, even as U.S. gasoline and diesel prices hit record highs.https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-us-reserves-head-overseas-gasoline-prices-stay-high-2022-07-05/
With out of control man made global warming threatening spontaneous combustion on a planetary scale, why in the world would they need Heat?? Unless of course this is an admission that man made global warming is a fraud and they don’t believe their own propaganda.
Turn on Nord Stream-2 you idiots!
Women and children hit hardest
Bohrer, Baby, Bohrer!
Bohren Sie hier, bohren Sie jetzt!
Mach Schnell!
This is Angela Merkel’s fault.
She shut down the German nuclear power plants and pushed for Nordstream .
She is a Stasi agent.
“Firewood in Germany is at a premium”.
I wonder how much they’ll restrict burning. Wood smoke is bad for Mother Earth.
not really.
RE: She shut down the German nuclear power plants and pushed for Nordstream .
She did it because of an overreaction to what happened in Fukushima.
Why don't they just install a few more windmills and fill in with some solar panels?
“Wood smoke is bad for Mother Earth”.
not really.
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We know that but they don’t care.
I keep mine around that temperature most of the time. Better for the skin and sinuses.
Germany surely has enough sweaters and ski socks?
Merkel agreed to shut down nuclear plants because she needed the Green Party support to keep her in power, and they demanded this as payment for their support. Just politics as usual in the EU. Fukushima was a mere pretext.
I always have the night temperature at 63 and the day temperature at 69 so almost exactly what they want the German usage to be. I can’t sleep well if night temp over 63.
The Greenies in gov’t via Angela Merkel (a socialist at heart; you can’t take the East German out of the East German) closed down all nuclear power plants in Germany, became totally dependent on Russian oil, and voila, rationing is what you get. Fools. Let them suffer until they wise up enough to not vote for Greenies and radical leftists in their political elections.
Do Green politicians burn? Asking for a friend.
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