Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/198232 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
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[Journal:] CES Working Papers [ISSN:] 2067-7693 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Centre for European Studies [Place:] Iasi [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 89-99
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Centre for European Studies, Iasi
Abstract: 
Buildings occupy an important role in our modern society. However, the existing buildings have a very low thermal protection, leading to high levels of energy consumption making the buildings sector among the most significant CO2 source in Europe. Even if new buildings have high performance levels, the majority of the building stock is represented by older buildings which require renovation work. The European Union has imposed important reduction of specific energy consumption in all sectors, but energy conservation in buildings remains a key element in obtaining the sustainable development as evidence of human solidarity beyond the limits of space and time. In this paper the importance of the energy reductions in the building sector is outlined and both the energy policy and building stock statistics in EU and Romania are presented. Moreover, some measures and initiatives at European level are discussed, focusing on some important themes: demography, housing stock age and energy requirements.
Subjects: 
construction
building sector
energy consumption
building stock Romania
JEL: 
A12
F64
L74
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