Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

At our workplace, we carry in blankets, hot water bottles, and shoulder warmers. A colleague knit hand warmers for us girls that allow you to type and talk on the phone :oops:

Good idea.. The heating in our office is shut off at 3, and with that, I can barely get it up to 19 degrees despite the still rather mild temperatures. The office simply never gets any sun because it faces the courtyard to the north. So I just caught a nice cold. I don’t even want to imagine how it will be in winter.

Colleague knitted hand warmers for us girls that you can type and talk on the phone with

Just type faster and have hot conversations.:D

Did you have prices below 1.70 during the price cap? Here, prices were more around from 1.85 but mostly rather around 1.95-2€... Now they are mostly between 1.90 and 2€

Yes, there were. Prices were between about 1.55 and 1.80 then. Now about 20 cents more expensive.

Good idea.. The office heating is turned down to 3 here and with that I barely get it up to 19 degrees despite the still rather mild temperatures. The office just never gets any sun because it faces the courtyard to the north. So I’ve just caught a nice cold for now. Don’t even want to know how it’ll be in winter.

We can turn it up to 5, but the main heating is throttled. At first, they also turned off the hot water; showering after grimy assignments was still manageable. But when the plates and bowls didn’t get clean anymore with hand washing, they turned it back on in the kitchens. A colleague then complained that after washing her hands in the toilet, her fingers were even colder than when working; it was turned back on there too. It’s really crazy, the whole thing. If we didn’t have energy, people nowadays wouldn’t survive (excluding open fires), that’s how it is. You really need to realize that when you drive through the frost in your little tin can with crappy heating.

Butt heater is a good keyword. I once read that it even uses less fuel/energy if you only turn on the seat heater in the car (alone) and keep the other blower off or cold. Is there any truth to that?

Butt heater is a good keyword. I once read that it even consumes less fuel/energy if you only turn on the seat heating in the car (alone) and keep the rest of the fan off or cold. Is there any truth to that?

Once the engine is warm, certainly not. Combustion of gasoline/diesel produces so much waste heat that you don't need to heat electrically. As long as the engine is still cold, it can be different. Some models certainly still heat up, for some the heating stays cold. In our company, the heating is so botched that we have about 23-24 degrees even if all thermostats are set to 18 degrees. The landlord also doesn't seem really willing to change anything... well, we'll be out by the end of '23 at the latest and I myself will be mainly working from home starting February anyway...