“Little saved”

German households’ energy consumption for heating has remained almost unchanged  in recent years, Ralph Diermann writes in Süddeutsche Zeitung. According to data by gas meter reader Techem on gas, oil and district heating demand from 1.5 million households between 2008 and 2015, consumption adjusted for weather variations decreased by about 1.2 percent annually, “making an achievement of the climate targets for the next years and decades a distant goal,” Techem CEO Frank Hyldmar said. In order to reduce energy consumption for heating in line with 2020 targets, households should have saved twice as much, Techem explained in a press release. Diermann says the data showed that the bevhaviour of individual consumers had a considerable impact on heating energy consumption, as demand patterns varied greatly between residents of the same buildings.

Find the press release in German here and the article in German here.