Interim consumption information
Amendment of the Heating Costs Ordinance 2021: Find out about our implementation of the amendment to the law. The basis is the specifications of the EU Efficiency Directive, which has been implemented in German law. According to EU regulations, landlords and property managers are obliged to provide residents with consumption information throughout the year, up to monthly. We have compiled the most important questions and answers for you.
We're currently working on a solution that will make consumption data from various service providers available to each tenant in one app. This will give you, as the tenant, the option to receive all correspondence digitally.
Since 2021, landlords have been required to provide their tenants with an overview of their consumption data throughout the year, even monthly. This is a standardized list of the average consumption of all tenants in the same housing category. This allows you to better monitor your energy consumption and provides assistance in saving energy. The monthly consumption information includes remotely readable, wireless hot water meters and heat cost allocators.
As HOWOGE, we are legally obligated to provide our tenants with monthly consumption information. Within our housing portfolio, we work with various meter reading service providers.
The most cost-effective option for you as a tenant is the standardized, postal delivery of this information to all households.
Furthermore, due to the sharp increase in energy costs, it is particularly important to us that every tenant has immediate access to their monthly consumption data without any potential digital hurdles.
For comparability, the usual units are given in kWh. This is the legal requirement.
Please read our information on heating costs .
We can only calculate the costs after the end of the billing year, when the annual bills from the suppliers are available. Furthermore, the disclosure of costs in the monthly consumption information is not required by law.
With the amendment to the Heating Cost Ordinance, Germany is implementing the provisions of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive regarding consumption recording and billing, as well as the use of interoperable devices and systems, into German law. Tenants should receive greater consumption transparency, be able to better understand their own energy consumption, and thus receive assistance in saving energy.
The consumption information provided during the year will generally also include values that correspond to the consumption of average tenants in the same apartment category, either standardized or determined through comparative tests. Please note that these values are compiled by the responsible metering service provider and are intended as a guide only.
Due to the legal obligation, no exceptions are permitted and HOWOGE, as landlord, must fulfill its obligation to provide the rent.
According to Section 7 Paragraph 2 of the Heating Costs Ordinance, the costs arising from the monthly notification of consumption values are part of the apportionable operating costs of the central heating system and are billed via the annual heating/hot water cost statement.
According to the Heating Cost Ordinance, HOWOGE is legally obliged to provide you with monthly consumption information if remotely readable, radio-enabled hot water meters and heat cost allocators are available.