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5. Environmental protection
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NERGY SAVING
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Use proper cookware for cooking.
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Cookware with thick, flat bases can save up to1/3 of electric energy. Remember
to cover your cookware if possible; otherwise you will use four times as much
energy!
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Match the size of the cookware to the surface of the heating plate. A cookware
should never be smaller than a heating plate.
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Ensure that the heating plates and the cookware are clean.
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Soils prevent heat-transfer. Repeatedly burnt-on spillages can often be removed
by products, which will damage the environment, only.
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Do not uncover the cookware too often (a watched pot-content will never boil!).
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Decrease the power level as soon as the desired cooking temperature is reached.
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Use pot-lids to shorten cooking times and save energy.
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Minimize the amount of cooking liquids or fat/oil to shorten cooking times.
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Select a high power level, when you start cooking. Reduce the power level, when
your food has been heated up.
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For long cooking times: Switch off the cooking zones 5 to 10 minutes before you
will finish cooking. This saves up to 20% of energy.
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You can use the residual heat of the cooking zones for saving energy when
starting a new cooking procedure on a cooking zone which is still warm / hot.
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Do not open the oven door unnecessarily often.
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Switch off the oven in good time and make use of the residual heat.
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Only use the oven when cooking larger dishes.
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Meat of up to 1 kg can be cooked more economically in a pan on the hob.
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Make use of the residual heat of the oven.
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If the cooking time takes longer than 40 minutes, switch off the oven 10 minutes
before.
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For baking it is better to use black trays which conduct heat better and shorten
the baking time.
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Make sure the oven door is closed properly.
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Heat can escape through spillages on the door seals. Clean up any spillages
immediately.
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Do not install the cooker near of refrigerators / freezers. Otherwise the energy
consumption increases unnecessarily.
