By Angelo Baggini / Published on Fri, 2008-08-01 09:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
To complement implementation of the EU Building Directive, the Danish government legislated several new standards, including the present and future figures of maximum heat consumption:
BR 82: a new building may use 10 litres oil/m2
BR 95: a new building may use 7.5 litres oil/m2
The future requirements cannot be directly compared with current requirements, but can be converted to:
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Tue, 2008-07-01 12:54
Based on a Discussion Webinar, Friday 20 June 2008
Improving energy efficiency has been a constant concern ever since the oil crisis of the seventies. Today, it is seen as one of the solutions for mitigating climate change and improving energy security. Many numbers for energy saving potentials circulate, but how realistic are these? Despite the current high oil price, energy efficiency improvements these days are not as big as they were during the first oil crisis. Why is energy efficiency so hard to pursue? Have we really exhausted the energy savings potential? And, if not, which technical or economic potential is still available?
These and other questions were addressed during a Discussion Webinar on 20th June 2008. The following are a few of the major points from that discussion.
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