The failure of the district heating supply on Saturday caused the heating to fail for a few hours in several hundred households west of the S-Bahn line in the communities of Ottobrunn, Taufkirchen, Brunnthal and Hohenbrunn-Riemerling. The Phönix-Bad in Ottobrunn was also affected, as was the Ikea furniture store in the Brunnthal commercial area, as a spokeswoman for Stadtwerke München (SWM) confirmed on Monday when asked.First of all, on Saturday afternoon, local residents complained to the Ottobrunn volunteer fire brigade...
Forvia presented a "tomorrow" cockpit at the CES in Las Vegas. The automotive supplier is thus significantly transforming the car of the future. Designer Andreas Wlasak talks to the star about the office function, energy-saving heating surfaces and real bonsai trees in the car. Cars are constantly changing. There are fewer switches and buttons, and even displays need to be replaced. The global automotive supplier Forvia is developing new types of cockpits that are intended to turn the interior of...
It was frosty cold on Thursday evening in Zorneding - at least in front of the town hall. Inside, on the other hand, the members of the municipal council used the scheduled meeting to think warmly about the future. This provides for the community to have its own local heating network, which is to be fed by the geothermal energy of the neighbors from Vaterstetten. This makes Zorneding the first municipality in the region to take concrete steps to connect...
The mail fell last Tuesday in the mailboxes, and the first receipts have since arrived, all reassessed. "My rent goes from 590 to 710 euros, an increase of 120 euros", blows Stéphanie, 39, resident of an HLM residence in the 10th arrondissement of Marseille. And for good reason: the social landlord, Habitat Marseille Provence, provides for 2023 new monthly charges for collective heating. “I deleted subscriptions for my children, lowered the telephone packages, and we are going to switch to...
Radio feature: classified ads from the post-war periodYou should be able to speak English. Now that you're dealing with the Americans. But all those years Anglo-American was frowned upon (jazz and soul), inaccessible (Hollywood films in the original) or forbidden with severe punishment (so-called hostile stations like the BBC). After the end of the Second World War, the demand for English lessons in the American-occupied sector is correspondingly high, business can be done with the Americans - and soon there...
Those who heat their homes with district heating from biomass or geothermal energy are currently among the lucky ones. It does something for the climate, and it should also be protected from massively rising energy prices. At least that's the assumption. In fact, in the Munich region, customers of Stadtwerke München (SWM) in particular have to accept massive price increases in some cases. The southern district heating network stands out, i.e. the former network of Bioenergie Taufkirchen, which SWM took...
from Catherine HoffmanThe energy transition, it is said, is a done deal. From 2026, no new oil heaters may be installed in residential buildings, whether existing or new. In addition, from January 1, 2024, 65 percent of the heat generated in new systems should come from renewable energies. This was announced by Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) last week. The necessary amendment to the Building Energy Act (GEG) is to be passed in the Bundestag this summer. "This is...
Falling prices, mild days, full gas storage facilities: it looks as if Germany's energy problem has been solved for now. But is it really like that? Answers to the most important questions.from Michael Bauchmüller and Nakissa SalavatiThe storage facilities are full, prices on the gas exchanges are falling and the days are getting longer: Spring is coming. "A gas shortage," the Federal Network Agency recently wrote in its daily reports, "is increasingly unlikely." One might think that the gas crisis...
Falling prices, mild days, full gas storage facilities: it looks as if Germany's energy problem has been solved for now. But is it really like that? Answers to the most important questions. from Michael Bauchmüller and Nakissa SalavatiThe storage facilities are full, prices on the gas exchanges are falling and the days are getting longer: Spring is coming. "A gas shortage," the Federal Network Agency recently wrote in its daily reports, "is increasingly unlikely." One might think that the gas...
smart home New Homepod presented: Apple's smart speaker now also turns on the heating The new Homepod connects easily to other Apple devices ©Apple With the first generation of the Homepod, Apple set new standards for smart speakers. After years of waiting, the group has now presented the successor. And he brings along some clever new ideas. When Apple launched its first smart speaker in 2018, the hype surrounding Alexa and Co. was at its peak. Nevertheless, Apple's Homepod stood...
