Unleashing Energy Potential: Insights of Energy Audit Practices
Energies 2025
Veronika Liberova, Ingūna Brēmane, Dace Lauka, Krista Laktuka, Terēza Bezručko, Karina Zvirbule, Alise Egija Bezručko, Dagnija Blumberga

This article examines energy audit procedures as a crucial instrument for raising building and business energy efficiency in European Union (EU) Member States. Energy audits, which include technical, economic, and environmental aspects, are essential to reaching the EU’s climate targets, which include increasing energy independence and cutting emissions by 55% by 2030. The study highlights how crucial energy efficiency initiatives are to combating climate change, cutting energy use, and advancing sustainable development. A thorough examination of methods, financing sources, and legislative frameworks reveals differences in how Member States carry out directives such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive. A case study on Latvia is included in the article, highlighting the country’s energy audit regulations, implementation difficulties, and successes. This study applied a bibliographic methodology or review of the scientific and other relevant literature, analyzing sources identified through targeted keyword searches in academic databases and a variety of online sources, including official legal websites, handbooks, reports, plans, and other publicly available digital resources. The integration of energy efficiency principles and country performances are compared using data from the Odyssee and Mure databases. The results highlight how important it is to standardize energy auditing practices, promote information sharing across national borders, and move past obstacles like public resistance and budgetary limitations. Policy recommendations to improve energy efficiency and aid the EU’s transition to climate neutrality by 2050 are included in the research’s conclusion.


Atslēgas vārdi
energy audit; energy efficiency; reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; electricity consumption; energy efficiency management
DOI
10.3390/en18030522
Hipersaite
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/3/522

Liberova, V., Brēmane, I., Lauka, D., Laktuka, K., Bezručko, T., Zvirbule, K., Bezručko, A., Blumberga, D. Unleashing Energy Potential: Insights of Energy Audit Practices. Energies, 2025, Vol. 18, No. 3, Article number 522. e-ISSN 1996-1073. Pieejams: doi:10.3390/en18030522

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)
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