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14.01.2020 - Article

Reading heat meters and determining consumption: This can also be done digitally

In the home, walk-by, or remotely: these are the three ways of reading heat meters – depending on the technical equipment in the building. One of them is particularly efficient and CO 2 -saving: digital remote readout. It is being used more and more.

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07.01.2020 - Article

Room temperature: Saving heating costs with the right setting

The bedroom should be cooler than the bathroom, a child's room warmer than the kitchen. But what temperatures should we aim for to feel cosy and warm and, at the same time, keep heating costs and CO 2 emissions low? We summarise the recommendations.

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10.12.2019 - Article

Saving heating costs – tips for early autumn and spring

Heating offers households the greatest savings potential. Even small changes in behaviour can save tenants money and help cut emissions. This is how you can heat more efficiently during the autumn and spring seasons.

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27.11.2019 - Infographic

Energy Efficiency Directive: What´s new?

Remotely readable meters and more transparency about energy consumption for users: these are two central points of the revised Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) of the European Union (EU). We have summarised for you what the amendment means for you as landlord or owner and when you have to expect changes:

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20.11.2019 - Article

Heating Cost Billing: What are the actual benefits?

The heating cost bill comes once a year. Awaited by many with mixed feelings, it is in fact an important tool for tenants to help them save energy and therefore money as well. But why is that so? We went in search of the reasons.

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13.11.2019 - Infographic

62,742 Economically driven km by car, zero Emissions

Filling up the car is like climbing a mountain because pump prices often seem to be going only one way – up. Nevertheless, motorists can save a lot of money by adopting an energy-efficient driving style. An online platform of the French start-up, WeNow, has been designed to help. We tested it.

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06.11.2019 - Article

Energy performance certificate - Benefits for tenants

The energy performance certificate for buildings has already been in existence for ten years now. A good reason for tenants to celebrate as the document is an extremely useful invention. When viewing an apartment, they can already see the energy efficiency of the building at a glance. Depending on the energy efficiency rating, they only have to answer one question: move in or not?

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30.10.2019 - Article

Learning what protects the climate

Should climate protection be part of the school curriculum? This question has caused heated debate in Germany. The topic is, however, definitely an issue for pupils. After all, children and young people of today will have to live with the problems that generations before them have created. We already took the initiative back in 2017 by launching the 'ista schools in energy efficiency' project. Since then, we have taken our comprehensive knowledge about energy saving to more than 100 schools throughout Germany in the form of exciting learning units and 'climate boxes'.

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23.10.2019 - Article

Why do we need an automatic data exchange?

Digital products are integrated in flats more often. The collected data has to be processed reliable, safe and quick. In Denmark, ista has therefore carried out a pilot project together with the housing society Himmerland Boligforening – with exciting results for tenants and landlords.

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09.10.2019 - Article

A little bit of climate protection? That's not for us.

Climate protection is one of the great challenges - and perhaps even the greatest challenge - facing us today. Any company, like us, whose business purpose is to meter heating energy and water consumption knows that every little bit helps. But with just a little bit of climate protection, we will not conserve our environment for future generations. That is why we have anchored sustainability and climate protection in our strategy.

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