Brussels proposes not to set the air conditioning below 25 degrees and to limit the heating to 19

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Brussels proposes not to set the air conditioning below 25 degrees and, where it is cold, to limit the heating thermostat to 19.

Industries are being asked to use alternative energy sources for gas. The goal is to increase gas reserves for the winter in case Russia cuts off the gas supply. Until now, the Commission talked about recommendations, but it is starting to talk about bans.

For example, the European Commission plans to propose to countries that they encourage the reduction of gas consumption by companies with a financial compensation. The draft of the document the Community Executive plans to unveil next Wednesday He defends that the club is still able to minimize the impact of a “potentially large cut” in gas supplies over the winter if it already takes a series of measures and incentives.

The emergency plan emphasizes that “every citizen and every household can save gas” and emphasizes the volume of this fuel used in heating or cooling systems, although it reminds that households, district heating and some essential social services are protected consumers and the most important last to suffer rationing.

It also suggests that it should be forced when it is “technically and legally possible” that the thermostat of public buildings, offices and commercial buildings in winter to 19 degrees Celsius.

For his part, the Lehendakari, Inigo Urkulludeclared on Thursday that “tough times are approaching” that will require “greater effort in energy conservation and diversification of non-renewable energy sources”, and warned that the current situation of the supply of gas and oil from Russia could lead to a “future scenario of possible supply constraints and an increase in energy prices”.