Heat consciously and save energy
vostel.de
- 5 Minute Volunteering
- Climate & Nature Protection
About the volunteering opportunity
What is this commitment about?
Saving energy is not only good for your wallet, but above all for the environment and the climate. Even small changes in heating can make a big difference and can be easily integrated into everyday life.
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What are 5-minute commitments?
With our 5-minute commitments, we want to inspire you to easily integrate commitment into your everyday life. They are independent of charitable organizations and allow you to make an individual commitment to people and nature in your neighbourhood.
Your Tasks
Pay conscious attention to your heating behavior and implement a few simple tips:
- Maintain suitable room temperatures:
- Living room: approx. 20-22 °C
- Bathroom: up to 23 °C
- Bedroom: approx. 16-18 °C
- Use hot water bottles or cherry stone cushions if you are colder.
- Turn the heating down when you are not at home.
- Do not place furniture or curtains in front of radiators.
- Ventilate briefly and vigorously several times a day (shock ventilation instead of continuous ventilation).
Just one degree less can reduce energy consumption by around 5-10 %. Important: However, permanently heating below 16 °C increases the risk of mold.
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity you don't need any German skills.
You don't need any special prior knowledge for this commitment, just a little attention in everyday life.
Time required
Once
5 minutes. Thanks to our heating tips, you can save a lot of energy in a very short time with very little effort.
Important notice
In the long term, you can make an even greater impact by switching to renewable energy if you can.
Location
This project is location independent.
vostel.de
We are a social enterprise from Berlin with a big dream: We want a world in which everyone contributes to a better and more sustainable future according to their possibilities and regardless of time budget, language or previous knowledge. For this purpose, we gather on vostel.de numerous engagement offers from non-profit organizations that are looking for volunteers. By doing this, we show concrete possibilities for action in order to become socially active and would like to motivate above all the younger generations to get involved for a better world.