About 48.0000 apartments in Romania were disconnected last year from the centralized heating systems, and art the present own an independent system of heating, most frequently a gas based heating unit, shows an analysis of Ariston Thermo Romania, one of the most active companies in distribution of boilers and electric water heaters.
Overall, from 2011 until the end of 2015, about 262,000 apartments gave up a district heating, according to data reported by the National Regulatory Authority for Public Utilities Community Services (ANRSC).
“According to data reported by ANRSC for 2015, the number of apartments in Romania where the residents gave up district heating and now have another type of heating system, reached 47.700, 58% higher compared to 2014, when the number stood at about 30,000 apartments,” said Cătălin Drăguleanu, Country Manager Ariston Thermo Romania.
The trend of disconnection has continued in 2015 due to increased awareness of the advantages of owning the system to ensure home heating and hot water, due to the very high prices for the heating received in centralized systems, and due to the desire for autonomy and comfort, he said.
“The studies we run annually show that Romanians understand more and more the advantages of a independent heating unit and are more receptive to new technologies, for example the condensing unit heater models. Thus, official data show that in the last five years more than 262,300 families have decided to abandon the CHP and most of them opted for the installation of central heating gas system,” added Cătălin Drăguleanu.
As for the situation in 2015, according ANRSC via Ariston, Galaţi county was among the top counties with highest number of reported disconnections – nearly 20,300 apartments listed. Next on this top there are Constanța – with more than 4,900 apartments, Prahova – with over 4,200 families that have abandoned the district heating system.
Ariston Thermo Romania has created a map of the district heating in Romania.
Ariston Thermo Romania analysis, based on data reported by ANRSC, show that by the end of 2015, in nine counties, the entire population had chosen to disconnect and use their own systems for home heating. Also, 12 other counties have just under 10% of households connected to the district heating network.
“For the next 18 counties, the percentage of the connected apartments varies between 10 and 50%, the maximum number of households connected to the district heating system is still in Bucharest, Mehedinti and Bihor, over 50%”, said Cătălin Drăguleanu. According to this analysis, Bucharest is the city which sums up over 40% of apartments connected to district heating system in Romania.