Overheated rooms and their effects
The precise impact of elevated room temperatures on taxpayers' money, economic performance and innovation in Switzerland is challenging to ascertain. This is due to the multifaceted nature of the issue, which encompasses residential, commercial and institutional settings. This is not least since several factors, including the number of households, specific heating and cooling costs, and economic productivity in certain periods, play a significant role. Nevertheless, it is established that the inefficient utilisation of energy and the excessive deployment of heating resources result in substantial financial pressures on households, with a considerable impact on public finances. An increase of one degree Celsius in room temperature can result in a five to ten per cent rise in energy costs.
