Progress of energy reduction in the Dutch non-profit housing sector

Progress of energy reduction in the Dutch non-profit housing sector

Visscher, H.J.
Filippidou, F.
Nieboer, N.E.T.

Architecture and The Built Environment

OTB

2015-06-29

The European Union formulated high ambitions of energy reductions to be realised in the built environment. The existing housing stock covers a major share of energy use and is seen as high potential to contribute to the savings. This should be realised in the first place by reducing the energy demand for heating by renovation of the existing stock and bring the dwellings to a higher energy performance standard. The targets, policies and programmes are already applied for several years now and the question arises of what progress can be seen in renovation activities and energy saving results. This paper is based on data on improvement rates of the Dutch non-profit housing sector and insight in the relation with actual energy reduction. It shows that the renovation progress is limited and that the actual energy reduction is less than is expected according to theoretical models.

energy efficiency
housing stock
renovation
energy labels
actual energy use

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ENHR 2015 Conference ‘Housing and Cities in a time of change: are we focusing on People?’ Lisbon, Portugal, 29 June-1 July 2015

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