April 23, 2024

Athens News

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Berlin pools in the fight for economy

Germany like other countries EUlooking for effective ways to save energy. And found.

In the Berlin pools, they decided to lower the temperature of the water and promise that visitors “will not even notice” this, writes Tagesspiegel. In most of the Berlin basins, it will be maintained at a level that is 1-2 degrees less than usual. Head of Berlin pool operator Berliner Bäderbetriebe Johannes Kleinsorg says:

“We want to do our part to reduce dependence on Russian natural gas supplies.”

He explained that the temperature of the water in the summer pools, which are heated using fossil energy sources, will be reduced by two degrees. In indoor pools, the water will become colder by only one degree, writes RIA News.

Robert Habek, head of the German Ministry of Economy, said yesterday that the country’s dependence on Russian gas is now 35%. Earlier, the minister stressed, this figure was 55%.



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