Il 10,6% della popolazione dell’UE ha difficoltà a mantenere le case calde; Quote più alte in Spagna e Portogallo (entrambi al 20,8%)
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Il 10,6% della popolazione dell’UE ha difficoltà a mantenere le case calde; Quote più alte in Spagna e Portogallo (entrambi al 20,8%)
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Have they tried opening the windows?
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250123-2
Maybe “adequately warm” means something different in Finland than in Spain?
Here’s a closeup of a micro state that we have no data on
Houses in scandinavia is built to retain as much heat as possible.
Poland based
Brits with their hot water bottles were too embaraced to participate in the study.
Everything is so expensive these days…
Interesting paradox that is likely caused by the fact that there are no houses/flats without central heating and few without thermal isolation in “colder” Europe, as opposed to “warmer” Europe.
Portuguese living in the Netherlands. Whenever I go back home for Christmas I always freeze when I am inside even though the (outside) temperature in Portugal is 10 degrees higher. Houses are terribly insulated, it’s usually warmer outside on the sun than inside.
Ireland has a fairly temperate climate, so the issue of cold has not been very high. Then, learning from our Scandanavian brothers, proper insulation of houses rose higher on the agenda. Unfortunately, during our 1990s boom (the Celtic Tiger), when a good proportion of our housing stock was built, there was no effort to enforce the necessary standards. In fact, to placate developers, builders were allowed to ‘self certify’ – or lie as it is more commonly known. So sub-standard housing is now being retro-fitted (or fixed) at the owner’s expense with some paltry grants from the government.
Unfortunately, to qualify for the grants, you must first get all remedial work done and then claim back what you can. Obviously, this is skewed to those who can afford it. And with climate change, we may be in for some surprises.
I’m sure someone will be along to say I’ve got this wrong, but I’m a home owner and I’ve researched this. I’ve put double-glazing in, but because I can’t show additional insulation or a water pump (which isn’t suitable for a mid terrace Victorian house, I don’t qualify.
Why aren’t the builders chased to make good their substandard work? Well, as soon as the developments are off their hands, they dissolve the companies they created to build the houses in the first place. 🙄
I think it is no coincidence that it is mainly warmer countries that don’t have sufficient winter heating. If your house in Spain is poorly insulated and has bad heating you will feel uncomfortable for a couple of Winter months. If your house in Norway has bad heating you could die in the freezing winters.
Survivorship bias. Those who don’t keep their homes warm in Scandinavia die and therefore can’t report their lack of warmth to pollsters.
Could it be that Spain and Portugal primarily build houses to stay cool in summer, and in northern Europe we build them to stay warm in winter? 🤔
Spain? Cos they don‘t have heating in the flats?
As a Portuguese I can confirm this. Houses in the winter are just unreasonably cold. I feel more cold in the winter in Portugal than in any other country I’ve been to.
Turns out houses built for summer take extra and more costly heating in winter.
Irish / UK houses are unbearable in a hot summer but nice a toasty in winter
That’s what happens when you build cheap buildings. Has nothing to do with local temperatures per se. A quality building keeps a reasonable temperature irregards of the weather, applies as much to heat as it does to cold
As a Ukrainian, I’m always baffled by Greeks and Spaniards who just don’t have heating at home. Yes, it’s warmer, but it still gets cold sometimes
That’s an interesting map.
I can say country’s understanding of ‘warming’ may vary. In Netherlands the default configuration of heaters are between 21-24 degrees. In Turkey for example if it’s 21 outside, you tend to make it like 26 or even higher. I think that would be the case at most of southern countries
Well, it’s not as necessary in Southern Europe as in the North, due to more temperate warm climate anyway….
However, is still curious data in a country like Lithuania, which is more accustomed to the cold.
I’m really curious what happened in Lithuania. Seems their neighbours have houses insulated enough not be bothered by the winter. Why is it different there?
The only reason Greece is not higher, is because it was an exceptional warm winter for us
It’d be interesting to see regional variances I can assure you that in Spain they’d be huge. Whenever I go to the south or the mediterranean during winter, being from the north of Spain, every flat/house is so fckng cold.
What does it mean adequately warm?
For example for me, is 22 degrees. For my wife 24, for my parents 20 and so on. Where do we cross the line ?
I’m not sure what this data is supposed to tell but the reason I can’t keep my house warm is becuz there is literally 0 heat insulation in this building despite it being a brand new 40 storey residence, fuck whoever made it, same with sound too, I can literally hear everything my neighbours do
Houses in Spain and Portugal need an urgent update, for healthcare and energy reasons.
Our houses are so damn old, and were built with cheap materials and very poor quality, just to get cheap homes made in a rush for displaced workers flocking to the coast in the second half of the 20th century.
Turns out, our homes are warmer than the street in summer and colder than the street in winter.
Sound insulation is also shit, you can usually hear the conversations of neighbours.
This has an effect on health and it’s costly to the country both in terms of healthcare costs and energy costs.
But our governments look the other side. I think they don’t even know about the issue.
Poland is well heated. But our air quality is bad.
Looks more or less like a map of how well is typical house insulated.