<Anchor> It
is a friendly economy time.
Today (16th), I will be with reporter Kwon Ae-ri.
Is it really cold these days?
But the cold is also cold, and to be honest, I'm a bit worried about the heating bill.
There are probably not a few people who are worried like us, but today, are you giving us some tips to save on heating bills?
<Reporter>
Yes, I have been working hard on how to save on heating costs while staying warm.
There are a lot of tips going around the Internet, but let's check the facts to see if they are true.
But first of all, I would like to say that there are actually not many people who don't worry about heating costs and keep their homes warm.
Save everyone.
However, even though I use the same amount as last year, the heating bill is strangely high.
Then, it's good to check if it's a problem with the meter in our house.
What kind of houses are you talking about? For houses with individual heating, this problem does not apply.
<Anchor>
Individual heating.
But actually, I don't think many people know what type of heating our house is.
I think so too.
First of all, let me explain this.
<Reporter>
Yes, there is one way to quickly determine.
Whether it's an apartment or a villa, you can see if there is a 'chimney' in the utility room or veranda.
Houses with 'Yeontong' have individual heating.
My house is like this too, and there are boilers in every house.
These houses have nothing to do with it.
Among houses with district heating, you don't need to look for houses built after 2009.
However, I live in an apartment or a multi-family house that was built before that.
Then, go directly to your bill or meter to see what units are being used to calculate your heating bill.
I'll show you on the screen. It reads 'MWh' or 'joule', but it has J or calories written on it.
There is no such thing as this house.
However, if you look at the right side, the heating cost is calculated in volume units such as cubic meters.
These houses are equipped with a meter or flow meter that calculates the heating cost by the amount of water used to heat the house.
If you use it for a long time, there are quite a few cases in which the heating cost that you did not use is calculated additionally as the heating cost of your house due to the failure of certain parts of this flowmeter.
I'm obviously saving on my heating bill, but it comes out strangely.
If that's the case, don't just try to stay too cold, and check the meter to see if it's okay.
<Anchor>
I knew right away thanks to Reporter Kwon.
My house is probably also estimated with a flow meter.
I'll have to check it out.
But if the meter says hello, then there must be other ways to save on heating costs. What are there?
<reporter>
Since there are so many, I mainly focused on the tips that are going around online and asked experts to see if they were correct or not.
First, there was a tip saying, "Use a humidifier when heating."
This is correct.
As a way to save on electricity bills in the summer, they say to use air conditioners and fans together.
It's a similar principle.
Heating efficiency increases.
It takes the water vapor from the humidifier and helps the heat efficiently circulate throughout the house.
And as households with babies know, when you start heating, the relative humidity in the house drops drastically, so it would be better to return the humidifier for health reasons.
If you use a humidifier with high energy efficiency and low electricity bills, it can be more economical than turning on the boiler alone.
Second, when you turn off the faucet after using hot water, turn it to the cold water side, otherwise unnecessary idling will occur to heat the water.
But this is not true.
You can see there's no faucet where that happens these days.
You can just easily turn it off.
I'm thinking of using cold water, but I don't have to turn it on to the hot water side.
However, if you think of a way to save a little more as a lifestyle, this only applies to houses with chimneys and individual heating.
When family members return home to shower or wash, it is said that it is helpful for everyone to wash at once and in succession if possible.
You can save a little bit of the heat used to heat the water on and off.
The <Anchor>
tips are really organized.
'Use a humidifier' I think many of you will remember.
Lastly, then, when the boiler is not in use, there may be some people who turn off the boiler when the family goes out or leaves the house.
How about this?
<Reporter> Among the so-
called intermittent heating, there are some people who save money by setting the timer on the controller to turn the heating on and off.
I will say this is 'Semo'.
It can save on heating costs, but it is difficult to set the desired temperature.
Let's hear from the experts.
[Dr. Lee Tae-won/Consumer Research Institute: That method (intermittent heating) is also one of the control methods. Since heating is determined by 'time', if the outside temperature is cold, the temperature rises less even if you heat the same time, and when the outside temperature is high Even a little heating can increase the temperature in the room.]
This is because the boiler controls the heating by turning on and off according to the ambient temperature and the degree of heating.
Even if you turn it on just one degree lower than the temperature you want to set, you can enjoy enough warmth and savings.
Other well-known methods are, of course, good, such as closing the valves in unused rooms and sealing gaps from drafts.