Tips for reducing your gas bill in the fall

Tips for reducing your gas bill in the fall

It is enough to lower the heating in the house by one degree, reduce the radiators to be switched on by one hour a day and the switch-on period by 15 days a year to save almost 2.7 billion cubic meters of methane gas a year and reduce bills by 180 euros per family. This is supported by research by the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (Enea), the public body aimed at research and technological innovation. The study, entitled Actions to reduce the national gas demand in the residential sector, is aimed at identifying the potential gas savings achievable through targeted actions in the residential sector.

What emerges from the results of the study, which are were presented on Monday 11 July by the body itself during a meeting which was also attended by the Minister for 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 hypothesizes that lowering the thermostats by one degree, from 20 to 19, is sufficient to achieve an average national saving of domestic heating fuel of 10.7%. Reducing the ignition by one hour a day can contribute to a 3.6% decrease in consumption. Implementing these two measures together and adding the reduction of 15 days per year of the ignition period, you can reach a saving of 17.5%, equal to approximately 2.7 billion cubic meters of gas. This would also imply an average reduction in the annual household bill of 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 the use of gas for domestic hot water and cooking, the installation of a 'LED lighting and the replacement of household appliances and air conditioners with high efficiency models could imply a further saving of 4 billion cubic meters of gas.

Given the precariousness of the current gas situation 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 the national energy requirement, with an accompanying reduction in bills, without necessarily having to make great sacrifices.