Economic Obstacles for Deep Energy Renovation of Public Sector

Riga Technical University 59th International Scientific Conference "Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship" [CD-ROM] 2018
Edgars Pudzis, Kārlis Grīnbergs, Ineta Geipele

The biggest challenge of our time is to make energy more secure, sustainable and affordable. The challenges we face are not only related with climate change, but is very sensitive to international political disputes as well. Building sector ir the largest energy consumer in EU consuming around 40% of total energy. 12% of these building are public buildings and are considered very energy intensive since 30% of them are more than 50 years old and more than 75% of them are considered energy ineffective

Keywords
Deep energy renovation, energy efficiency, public building renovation, smart metering, economic benefits of renovation

Pudzis, E., Grīnbergs, K., Geipele, I. Economic Obstacles for Deep Energy Renovation of Public Sector. In: Riga Technical University 59th International Scientific Conference "Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship" [CD-ROM], Latvia, Rīga, 18-19 October, 2018. Riga: 2018, pp.55-55. ISSN 2256-0866.

Publication language
English (en)