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  1. fluchtpunkt on

    I can’t open the document, but you can’t determine anything from that number. It’s not a unit like kWh or something.
    It all depends on the numbers the other people in your house have on their meter.

    The landlord uses these numbers to figure out what part of his heating costs you are responsible for.

    A part of the total cost is divided by your part of the area. The rest by the meter readings.

  2. UsernameAttemptNo341 on

    The old, non-electronic ones had an open ampoule with liquid inside, the amount of evaporated liquid is a measure of heating consumption.

    Once a year, the liquid level was read, the ampoule was sealed and placed next to its old position, where a new, full ampoule was placed. This way, you could always compare the (now fixed) level inside the old ampoule to the new.

    Today, these are electronic devices, but in principle, they still just give a number as measure for your consumption.

    The consumption of course depends on the size of the radiator, so the number of each radiator is multiplied by a factor. This can be done by the device itself, or later, in the heating cost bill.

    Finally, the fraction of the consumption of each appartment to the total consumption is calculated, and the heating cost bill is split accordingly.

    It’s common that about 30% of the total heating cost is split by appartment size, and 70% by consumption.

    If you think about it, there is no way to get a precise idea of your costs. You might compare your current usage to the usage of last year, but you don’t know the usage of the other tenants nor the heating costs.

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