The temperature in public buildings, commercial spaces, bus and train stations and airports in Spain cannot be lower than 27 degrees in summer and higher than 19 in winter, to save energy, the Spanish Government decided this Monday.
The measure, which will also cover cultural spaces, among others, comes into force in a week and also provides that the lighting of shop windows, monuments and other buildings be turned off after 10:00 p.m.as well as the lights inside public buildings when they are unoccupied, explained the Minister of Energy of the Government of Spain, Teresa Ribera.
Spaces with air conditioning and/or heating systems covered by these measures must keep the doors to the street closed and place thermometers that certify the temperature inside.
The Spanish government also increase teleworking in public administration and the minister called on “big companies” to do the same, in order to have fewer trips and lower costs with the air conditioning of buildings and other energy consumption.
The minister was speaking at a press conference in Madrid, at the end of an extraordinary Council of Ministers that approved, in the words of Teresa Ribera, a “package of urgent energy saving and efficiency measures”in the face of the “critical situation” that Europe is experiencing due to the Russian threat to cut off the gas supply.
These measures will be in force until November 2023 and “they are a first package”, which will integrate a more complete plan for the reduction and efficiency of energy consumption that the Spanish Government intends to approve after the summer, added Teresa Ribera.
The minister recalled the agreement of the leaders of the European Union last week to cut energy spending during the winter and underlined that the need for changes in consumption due to climate change is also at stake.
Source: Observadora
