In a condominium, disputes can arise between those who complain of being cold and those who complain of being hot or who want to save on heating costs by reducing the number of hours the radiators are in operation. But who decides about heating in an apartment building? Who chooses the time for turning the radiators on and off?
Here’s who decides
“With regards to condominiums with centralized heating – explains Giovanna Ferraresi of Immobiliare.it – the rule is that the administrator chooses, but he refers to national laws. The heating must be turned on on the date established at national level, based on the climate zone to which they belong, but which may suffer a difference at a regional, if not even municipal, level. Faced with the need to save energy, some Italian municipalities have decided to postpone the date of switching on radiators for both public and residential use”.
“Generally however – he points out – the switch-on date is divided into regions based on climatic characteristics. The daily heating hours are also established at a national level. It follows that the individual tenant can choose to reduce the switch-on and switch-on times turning off your radiators, but only within these thresholds. The times for turning the heating on and off are reported in the condominium regulations, within the national time slot. To determine by mutual agreement the times in which to keep the central heating in operation will be able to: organize a condominium meeting and vote; leave the decision to the condominium administrator if the assembly resolution is missing”.
Time bands and maximum temperature
“The turning off of the radiators – he specifies – must respect certain time slots established at a national level. The central heating can remain active from 5 in the morning to 11pm. In this space of time, the condominium can choose when to turn it on and when to turn it off. Whoever owns an independent heating system can, however, choose to turn on at the time it wants without limitations. However, the regulation which limits the maximum temperature to 19 degrees in private homes and also in public spaces remains unchanged central heating on and off times, within the national time slots. To do this, a new meeting will be convened which will have this discussion on the agenda. Following the tenants’ vote, the times can be changed”.
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