Despite the very present cold, the energy crisis is influencing the way we heat ourselves. This is the theme of the questions you were asked for the IPSOS RTL INFO Grand Barometer, and it’s time to save money.
This movement, This year, almost everyone has done it… 81% of the Belgians questioned have lowered the temperature set point of their boiler. MBut then, what temperature do you heat to save money?
“I heat to 15 degrees”, “It must be 11 degrees at my house, and I’m cold. As we’re shared and it’s super expensive, we decided not to heat”, “It’s 20 degrees at me”, tell us of the Belgians interviewed.
In our great barometer, 8% of respondents warm to less than 17°, 8% at 17°, 16% at 18°, 28% at 19°, 26% at 20°, 10% at + 20°.
But the question is whether these behaviors will continue. for this winter…
The first element to take into account is the weather. The next two weeks will be plus coldI know they are normal, but we should not rejoice for the future either. “I think we won’t have a super warm winter. Either it will be normal or a little milder than normal, but not 2-3 degrees above normal,” announces the meteorologist David Dehenauw.
Second element: lthe price ofenergygas, electricity. They had fallen in recent weeks most semblent distribute on the rise.
“There has been a decrease thanks to the start of winter, which was a little mild. Now, we are still at prices that are very high. If we look at two years ago, it is 3 to 4 times more. 7 times more than before the price of the increase. It remains relatively high”, Explain Francesco I continue, pprofessor specializing in energy at UCLouvain.
The situation will also get worse for heating oil and diesel, with the embargo on Russian petroleum products imposed by Europe, which takes effect from Monday.