THE Spain will encourage civil servants to work from home and will limit air conditioning in public buildings in order to reduce energy consumption as part of the efforts requested by the EU Member States in Brussels to get rid of Russian gas.
Based on a «energy efficiency plan“, Which was published today in the Government Gazette, the thermostat of air conditioners in public buildings will not be able to exceed 27 degrees Celsius in order for “office air conditioning” to become “with the least energy consumption».
In winter the thermostat should not exceed 19 degrees Celsius.
These measures will be implemented “where technically feasible“, Is clarified in the document, the rough lines of which were presented by the cabinet on Tuesday.
The plan, which aims to reduce energy consumption in Spain, also provides for measures to encourage civil servants to use public transport to get to work, but also to increase teleworking.
Civil servants will be able to “to work three days away from home and two days in person“, Underlined the Minister of Public Administration Maria Jesus Montero, clarifying that the measures will be implemented”immediately».
The European Commission unveiled a € 210 billion plan in mid-May which envisaged the enhancing renewable energy sources and significant energy savings in order to stop “as soon as possible” the import of natural gas from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
As part of these efforts, many EU member states have already announced measures for public buildings.
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