Failing to have obtained a response from the office of the Minister of Energy, Philippe Henry, “QR the debate” asked the Royal Observatory of Belgium to position itself on the abolition of this system in the current times. “The results of the studies are contradictory”, answers researcher Pascale Defraigne. For her, it is not necessary to abolish the time change to reduce the energy bill of the population.
“The abolition of the seasonal time change might help Belgians, but not throughout the year. It would be better to shift the changes from October to September and from April to March”
Indeed, if this might not be demonstrated, the researcher estimates that if the sun rose earlier in autumn, households would need less heating in the morning and might take advantage of the heat in the evening, despite nightfall. stored during the day.
