limit 27 degree air conditioner use inside summer and 19 degrees heating in winter in public buildings, commercial spaces and shops, transport infrastructures (airports and train and bus stations), cultural venues and hotels, as well as turn off the lights in shop windows and public buildings Being empty after 22:00 will be the first measures to take effect this Wednesday.
This is how it looks in the first precaution package. energy saving and efficiency Approved by the Government to rapidly reduce energy consumption to comply with European commitments arising from the conflict in Ukraine. All these initiatives will be valid until November 1, 2023.
Health and hospital centers, education centers (schools, universities or kindergartens), hairdressers, laundries, gyms and the means of transport themselves (trains, planes, airports, ships…) Do not fall below 27 degrees in summer, do not exceed 19 degrees in winter.
Specially arranged rooms in centers and hotels that require exemption due to the characteristics of the sector are also exempt. It will apply to the rest of the hotel (eg restaurants, cafeteria, common areas).
Temperature limits set in this way conditioned livable workplacesConvention centers located in buildings and facilities for administrative use (including floors or office spaces, general lobbies and public areas), commercial (including stores, supermarkets, department stores, shopping malls and the like) and cultural (including theatres, cinemas, auditoriums) , exhibition halls and the like), as well as in establishments for public leisure and entertainment events, restaurants (bars, restaurants and cafeterias) and passenger transport (stations and airports).
But Teresa Ribera, Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Control, said on Friday that bars and restaurants can limit air conditioning use to “about 25 degrees”, taking into account labor legislation recommendations, compared to 27 degrees. The degrees stipulated in the royal decree on energy saving and efficiency measures approved by the government.
flexible measurements
In this sense, Announced that 27 degrees will be applied “flexibly” He gave as an example that discos, kitchens and gyms need a different temperature than other places such as bookstores.
In statements made by Europa Press to Onda Cero, Ribera said, “You cannot ask workers who are in conditions of substantial physical exercise not to have the conditions guaranteed by labor law regarding maximum and minimum temperatures.”
For this reason, businesses and organizations should justify when they do not apply the temperature limit in the thermostat, a flexibility included in the statutory decree to protect the occupational health rights of their employees.
It will not be applied to ornamental lighting of monuments.
Regarding the closing of the shop window lighting, closing time from 22:00. It will only apply to the lighting of showcases and public buildings that are not used at that time. Therefore, it will not apply to ornamental lighting of monuments (unless they are public buildings that are vacant at the time).
With regard to the installation of banners, signs and displays, buildings where temperature limitation applies are also obliged to inform the use of informative banners or screens and the implementation measures that contribute to energy savings according to the values of air temperature limits. temperature and humidity (there must be thermometers visible to building users), opening doors or information on revision and maintenance regimes.
They can also report other measures they take voluntarily and cartels They must be visible from the entrance or entrances of buildings. The start date of the measure is one month after the regulations are published in the BOE, i.e. next September 2, and will be in effect in principle until November 1, 2023.
Concerning the requirement to have adequate door closing systems, it will apply to buildings and facilities with street access for the same uses to which the temperature limit will apply.
In this context, exceptions are not taken into account unless the safety legislation applicable to the building or facilities prevents compliance with this obligation. The compliance date is before 30 September and there is no end date for compliance.
Fines starting from 60.000 Euro
Commercial areas, public buildings, cultural sites and hotels that do not comply with the energy saving and efficiency plan approved by the government for minor violations will be fined up to 60,000 eurosup to six million euros for serious cases and up to 100 million euros for very serious cases.
The sources of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism announced to Europa Press that the sanctions to be imposed will be the sanctions included in the Regulation on Thermal Installations of Buildings (RITE) stipulated in Articles 30 to 38 of Law No. 21. / 1992, 16 July, Industry, on administrative violations.