With the arrival of the heat and the Temperature rise Throughout Italy families have started to turn on air conditioners And fans at home. And the same takes place in offices. A early summer which risks having heavy effects on the pockets of consumers.
The alarm comes from Non -profit consumerism And Wegroupspecialized platform dedicated to consumers And companieswhich are monitoring the trend of electric rates.
The ignition of air conditioning systems It happens precisely when i Electric energy prices record ragzi on the market. – explain Consumerism and Wegroup – according to the data of the GMEtheelectricity has gone from an average of 93.58 euros per mwh of May to an average of 104.5 euros per mwh in June, marking an increase in +11.7% In just one month.
Also on free energy market The offers published by operators mark today Rate rates of +3% on May, with the best proposal (identical throughout Italy) than for i Fixed price contracts See one average annual bill from 721 euros (with consumption equal to 2,700 kWh per year), while for the Contracts at a variable price And always with the best offer available, the shopping is stood at 708 euros per year with user.
The concomitance between Early ignition of air conditioners and theIncrease in electric energy prices risks transforming into one summer sting for the pockets of families. – they denounce non -profit consumerism and wegroup – the air conditioners in fact, depending on the model and of the time of usedetermine a energy consumption among the 240 he is 430 kWh per year. Who decides to buy a new one today air conditioning system or to change the old one already installed at home, he must pay attention to the energy class of the model, which goes from A +++ A Gand is essential to determine the consumption.
It is then necessary to check the power of the appliance expressed in BTUthat is, the power you need for cool an environmentimportant for consumption purposes: for a single room of lower size to 18 square meters they are sufficient 9000 BTU.
«This is the time of the year in which users must lend Maximum attention to their own contractual conditions and to the offers of the various energy operators. – they warn non -profit consumerism and wegroup – precisely to help families defend themselves from Relics of electric billsConsumerism launched together with Wegroup.it a special purchase group on light and gas (https://www.wegroup.it/) which will expire others June 30thand which will allow users who will join not only to save the 20% on energy bills (about 144 euros per year users), but also to obtain the Best contractual conditions from operators who will participate in theauctionand therefore in addition to the savings to be above all protected from Light contracts with capestro condition».
Consumerism and wegroup finally spread some practical advice For Reduce energy consumption linked to the use of air conditioners:
- Prefer the function «dehumidifier»: Thehumidityin fact, makes one perceive temperature much higher than the real one.
- Use the option «echo»If foreseen by your appliance to limit i energy consumption;
- Do not set the conditioner on excessively low temperatures;
- Close Doors and windows When the system is in operation, to avoid the entry of hot air from the outside e isolate environments;
- Set a timer to limit the functioning of the air conditioners especially in night hours;
- Provide constant maintenance of appliances and cleaning Of filters and fans.