According to an analysis by energy service provider Ista, people in Saxony are saving particularly well on heating this winter. Since the start of the heating season, people in the Free State have been using heating energy very sparingly, Ista reported on Friday. "While the weather-adjusted national average consumption is around twelve percent higher than in the same period last year, only around seven percent more heating energy was consumed in Saxony." Bavaria also came in at seven percent. Baden- Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia followed in the top places. In a comparison of the 20 largest cities, Dresden is in third place and Leipzig is in sixth place. Ista's "Heiz-O-Meter" continuously evaluates monthly data from around 350,000 households nationwide.
According to a representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute YouGov on behalf of Ista, saving energy when heating is a relevant issue for 84 percent of people in Saxony, primarily for cost reasons. The national average is 77 percent. In contrast, protecting the environment and climate does not play a particularly important role in motivation. Only 22 percent of respondents in Saxony cited this as a reason for saving, compared to 37 percent nationwide.
