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Environmental protection and saving energy
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3 Environmental protection and saving energy
3.1 Saving energy
If you follow these instructions, your appliance will use
less energy.
Choose a burner roughly the same size as your pan.
Centre the cookware on the hob.
Use cookware whose base diameter is the same dia-
meter as the hotplate.
Tip:
Cookware manufacturers often give the upper
diameter of the saucepan. It is often larger than the
base diameter.
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Unsuitable cookware or incompletely covered cook-
ing zones consume a lot of energy.
Cover saucepans with suitable lids.
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Cooking without a lid consumes far more energy.
Lift lids as infrequently as possible.
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When you lift a lid, a lot of energy escapes.
Using a glass lid
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You can see into the pan through a glass lid
without having to lift it.
Use cookware suited to the quantity of food.
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Large items of cookware containing little food need
more energy to heat up.
Cook with little water.
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The more water contained in cookware, the more
energy is required to heat it up.
Turn down to a lower heat setting early on. Use a suit-
able ongoing cooking setting to continue cooking.
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If you continue cooking with an ongoing cooking
setting that is too high, you'll waste energy
3.2 Disposing of packaging
The packaging materials are environmentally compat-
ible and can be recycled.
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Sort the individual components by type and dispose
of them separately.
