The Christmas market in Weiden takes place.
In view of the energy crisis, the city is discussing numerous ways to save.
Weiden - The energy crisis is occupying Germany.
Petrol is expensive, and you have to dig deeper into your pocket than usual for gas or electricity.
Winter is approaching in big steps.
And the energy crisis is therefore a particular cause for concern – a power outage in winter cannot be ruled out.
Planning for a possible blackout is ongoing.
Christmas market in Weiden takes place - energy crisis is the topic
A municipality in Upper Bavaria briefly considered doing without the illuminated Christmas tree in winter, but then made a U-turn.
In Regensburg, too, people don't want to do without the Christmas tree, but other energy-saving measures are planned.
The Christmas market in Weiden is also scheduled to take place from November 24th to December 23rd, as is traditionally planned.
But the city is sensitized to the crisis and is giving serious thought to the extent to which energy can be saved.
This resulted in a request from
Merkur.de
.
This matter will also be discussed in the city council in September.
Potential savings:
Reduction of opening hours
Reduction of the lighting times / reduction of the illuminated Christmas trees (only one instead of three)
Conversion to LED lighting in the stands
Reduction of the offer to an energy-saving minimum
Savings on music programming
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Saving energy: the city of Weiden is taking numerous measures
Weiden has already taken measures to save energy.
According to the city, the lighting of buildings (e.g. the old town hall) was dispensed with, the water temperatures in the Weiden thermal baths and in the secondary school swimming pool were lowered and employees of the city administration were appealed to also save energy at work.
The city has been dealing with the topic of saving energy for years, and some things have already been implemented.
The street lighting was converted to LED, as were traffic lights.
In addition, plans for PV systems are underway
with regard to self-consumption of electricity (Pestalozzi School, Kepler-Gymnasium and Realschulen sports facility).
Christmas trees, markets and lights are part of December. In view of the energy crisis, some things will be different - one thing will probably be dispensed with altogether. (came)