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Heating Dispatcher
Traditionally, heating costs in multi-occupancy buildings with district heating weren't broken down individually. This meant that each occupant paid a portion of the building's total consumption, according to the fees or based on the surface area of his or her apartment, regardless of personal consumption. However, since 31 March 2017 heating costs must be individually broken down by law. The goal is to allow more economical occupants to spend less on heating and in particular to ensure that individual management of heating use limits waste and the CO2 emissions produced by domestic heating.What is a heating dispatcher for?
To more effectively distribute district heating expenses between a building's occupants based on their actual consumption, by law each radiator must be fitted with an electronic device that measures and records the emission of heat: this is called a heating dispatcher.- What's the law on heating dispatchers?
The law therefore states that all multi-occupancy buildings with district heating must be fitted with heating dispatchers or thermal energy meters depending on their heating system. The only types exempt are hotels and sheltered housing, buildings where it isn't technically possible to measure or regulate the individual consumption of heating and buildings where complying with the measure would mean changing the entire heating installation.
- Division of heating costs and energy savings
How does a heating dispatcher work?
A heating dispatcher needs to be installed on each radiator and continuously measures the heat emitted.- How a heating dispatcher works
To guarantee safe operation of the device and prevent fraud, heating dispatchers are secured and any work on the device not carried out by an authorised technician is immediately identified.
- Meter readings
The order of 27 August 2012 states that readings must be taken at least once per year and that each home's occupants must receive a statement of their heating consumption every year. To provide comparative data, the previous year's consumption must appear on the statement, as well as the average heating consumption in the building.
Dividing heating costs
How do heating and energy bills take into account the information that heating dispatchers collect?- Division of heating costs
- The exposure or situation coefficients
Installing a heating dispatcher
Each dispatcher needs to be installed on a radiator and set up by a professional. The installation process differs depending on the type of radiators in your home, their power, where they are, etc. All of the dispatchers therefore need to be calibrated to provide an accurate measurement. There are strict installation and assembly rules for heating dispatchers, which are specified by the standard FR EN834. For example, heating dispatchers must be installed in the middle of the width of radiators and in the upper third of their height, regardless of whether the radiator is tubular, panelled or contains several sections.How much does a heating dispatcher cost?
- The cost of a heating dispatcher
- Subsidies for heating dispatchers
However, note that most subsidies are for purchasing heating dispatcher devices rather than renting them. This means you can only receive one if your management agent decides to rent the dispatchers.
Why fit thermostatic valves?
It seems clear that the measure for dividing heating costs will allow the inhabitants of many homes to save on their energy bill. Nevertheless, the French environment and energy conservation agency says that just installing heating dispatchers isn't enough to make energy savings if consumers don't adopt economical and responsible habits.Regulations also encourage the installation of regulating devices in homes such as thermostatic valves, which enable the temperature to be adjusted in each room based on how it is occupied and used. This allows occupants to cut down on heating while they're away or limit heating wastage in unoccupied rooms. In doing so they manage the amount of energy they consume and give themselves a good chance of cutting their energy bill.