Sustainability

Heating

With regard to heating, inside households it is necessary to recreate the same conditions as during a nice spring day: 20°C, 50% humidity, good exchange of air:
• keep the heating of places that are not used or rarely used low
• during the daytime, keep the temperature at 20°C, while at night keep it at 16°C (1°C less equals a saving by 5-7%) and respect the maximum internal temperature of the house and the seasonal period to turn the system on, according to the indications provided by the municipality.
• in the evening close the shutters or the roll-up blinds, close the window curtains unless they cover the radiators
• during the day do not hamper the sun rays that enter through the windows
• do not cover the radiators with furniture, curtains or others (up to 40% of the energy can be wasted)
• always insert an insulating material between the wall and the radiator
• ventilate the room rapidly: open the windows only for a few minutes, twice or three times a day
• apply windows gaskets if cold are filters through the windows
• insulate the floors
• insulate the pipes that carry hot water from the boiler to the radiators
• install thermostatic valves on the radiators to control hot water flow according to the temperature measured in the room
• check the boiler at least once a year and when about to buy a new boiler, chose the one with the highest performance (improving the performance you can save up to 10% of fuels a year)
• if you have to replace the system, choose systems that use renewable energy sources (biomass) or assimilated (co-generation and district-heating), or methan gas.
• for blocks with central heating, install a heat counting system in each flat: in this way it will be possible to divide expenses among the different users according to their individual consumption.