Gas, tips for reducing your bills in the fall

That’s enough turn down the heating in the house of a degreereduce by a hour a day switching on the radiators and The ignition period is 15 days a year to save almost 2.7 billion cubic meters of methane gas per year and reduce your bills by 180 euros per family. This is supported by research by the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (Aeneas), the public body aimed at research and technological innovation. The study, entitled Actions to reduce the national gas requirement in the residential sectoris aimed at identify potential gas savings achievable through targeted actions in the residential sector.

What emerges from the results of the study, which were presented on Monday 11 July by the body itself during a meeting which was also attended by the Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani, is that it is possible to save a significant amount of gas without having to resort to particularly stringent measures. The study speculates that lowering by one degree of thermostats, from 20 to 19, is sufficient to obtain a national average fuel saving of domestic heating of 10.7%. Reduce by a hour a day ignition can contribute to the decrease of 3.6% of consumption. Implement these two measures together and adding the reduction of 15 days a year of the ignition period, you can reach a saving of 17.5%equal to approx 2.7 billion cubic meters of gas. This would also imply the average reduction in households’ annual bills 178 euros.

Implement other simple measures, such as the use of electric heat pumps already installed for summer air conditioning for winter heating, the reduction of gas use for hot water and kitcheninstalling led lighting and the replacement of household appliances and air conditioners with high efficiency modelsit might imply a further saving of 4 billion cubic meters of gas.

Date the precariousness of the current situation of gas and in view of a winter that promises to be complex, these are comforting data, which indicate how it is possible to incur a reduction in national energy needs, with an associated reduction in bills, without necessarily having to make great sacrifices.