The temperature dropped sharply after the German Reichstag cut energy consumption
Overseas Network, November 28. According to a report on the German website “Der Spiegel Weekly” on the 25th, the German Federal Parliament has started to reduce energy consumption. Members are trying to use various methods to heat their workplaces. personal .
The report says that more than a week ago the temperature inside the Reichstag began to drop significantly. Facing a sharp drop in temperatures, some government ministers or MPs wore turtlenecks under their jackets or large scarves around their necks when attending meetings. Green Party Member of Parliament Kunast even complained that “the Reichstag is uncomfortably cold”. “I worked in the office in a down jacket and kept tapping my feet back and forth, but it didn’t take long before I caught a cold,” she said. Some colleagues had worse working conditions, forcing them to move around to stay warm.
According to the ministerial decree approved in August this year, the German Bundestag had to turn off the heating like many normal households to save energy due to the gas shortage. Offices and conference rooms can only be heated to 19°C and corridors and halls have no heating at all. As with all unoccupied public buildings, the energy efficiency regulations apply to all federal parliament buildings. In addition, more than 1,700 offices in a federal parliament building have been temporarily closed due to a damaged heat pump, the government said.
(Original title: After the German Reichstag reduced energy consumption, the temperature dropped sharply, members of parliament wore quilts and scarves and continued to stomp)
