"Communal laundries are one of Sweden’s environmental success stories. They began as part of the post-war million homes project, when modern apartment blocks were equipped with shared tvättstugor (laundry rooms) instead of individual residents having to buy their own machines"
#Environment #Sweden #EnergyCrisis
How Sweden’s communal laundries shield renters from rising energy bills
https://theconversation.com/how-swedens-communal-laundries-shield-renters-from-rising-energy-bills-279415
@OneInterestingFact @junesim63
1) power is paid by the building owners, so apartment owners don't face immediate price jumps. (Need to wait until the rents go up; ours is negotiated yearly.)
2) The article points out how booked laundry means people do fewer, larger loads, less frequently, so laundry power use is already lower.
3) In our tvättstuga we mostly use the drying room, which uses less power than the dryer.
4) (conjecture) buildings might get lower power rates than apartments?
@dalke @junesim63
Thank you, that answers some of my questions.
Shared laundry rooms are clearly advantageous for the reasons you mention.
@OneInterestingFact @junesim63
I like them. In the US apartments can have shared laundry, but (in my time) they were nearly all coin op. Here they are paid by the building owner, which IMO incentivizes more efficient machines instead of a tempting profit center.
Ours at this place has three rooms in the basement - one for washer/dryer/soak tub, another w/ dehumidifier for hanging, and a third for ironing and folding. It's nice to have dedicated space for those tasks.
Alas, increasingly rare.
@iinavpov @OneInterestingFact @junesim63
The article does mention the advantages of semi-industrial machines, but doesn't bring up energy savings.
As for me, our Electolux is a workhorse.
Though the circulating fan in the drying room broke last January. Its apparently hard to get a replacement for 30-40 year old hardware.
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