Households demand affordable climate protection
Almost eight out of ten Swiss people are in favour of a climate-neutral Switzerland by 2050. However, they do not want to be burdened more financially for this. This is shown by the current energy trend monitor of Stiebel Eltron Switzerland.
Switzerland wants to become climate neutral by 2050. This goal is supported by 77 percent of the population, explains Stiebel Eltron Switzerland in a press release. The Aargau-based manufacturer of domestic and system technology is basing this on the results of its current energy trend monitor. For this, Stiebel Eltron Switzerland had a representative survey carried out among 1000 Swiss people.
However, 75 percent of the respondents do not want to be asked to pay more for climate neutrality. In particular, support for weak households with the costs of the energy transition (85 percent of respondents) and cheaper electricity for heat pumps (86 percent) are demanded. “Consumers must not be left alone with the costs of the private energy turnaround,” Patrick Drack, Managing Director of Stiebel Eltron Switzerland, is quoted as saying in the statement.
At the centre of the measures for climate neutrality is the replacement of oil, gas and electric heating systems with “clean and efficient technology”, according to the statement. For this purpose, subsidies totalling 200 million Swiss francs per year are to flow over the next ten years. “With renewable technology such as heat pumps, we are making an important contribution towards climate neutrality,” says Drack. On its website, the company provides information about current subsidy programmes for heat pumps.