Mandatory monitoring of boiler condition should also check the presence of a thermostat.

Mandatory monitoring of the condition of the boiler in the apartment or buildings must now check the presence of the thermostat and its proper operation, according to the decree published in the Official Journal as part of the government’s energy saving program. This clause “applies to all boilers, whether individual, collective or cooperative, regardless of the energy used“, the Ministry of Ecological Transition notes, whose text published on Friday complements the four existing orders. This also applies to heat pumps and air conditioning systems.

The specialist responsible for supervision mustcheck if there is a thermostat or not, if it works well or not, and also see if the heating or cooling networks are well insulated“, according to the same source. Heating equipment that is poorly maintained or not fully repaired leads to overconsumption, which can be significant, between 8% and 12%, according to the ministry. For example, good boiler maintenance and the installation of a controllable and automated regulation system, an office suite of 1000 m2 can achieve a consumption reduction of up to 20% and a saving of 5000 euros. According to the case filed on October 6. when the government launched its energy sobriety program.

November 21, 2022related to inspection and maintenance of boilers and thermodynamic systems“It further envisages that, in the long term, office buildings or “tertiary buildingsEveryone should have a technical building management system, in other words, an automatic control system for ventilation, temperature and lighting. This will be mandatory from 1 January 2025 for buildings with a heating capacity of more than 290 kW, and then from 1 January 2027 for the 70 kW threshold.