Abstract accepted for presentation in the CESB 10 Conference

The energy behavior of the building stock in Cyprus in view of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive implementation

The significance of the building sector in terms of energy consumption is well acknowledged. Several studies have shown that the potential of energy savings in the building sector is quite significant. In this view the knowledge of how the building stock of Cyprus behaves in terms of energy consumption is quite valuable. This knowledge will assist policy makers to formulate targeted measures aiming the improvement of energy efficiency and will provide valuable information for setting current legal standards and benchmarks in the energy performance certificate, a requirement of the 2002/91/EC Directive. Unfortunately, the existing knowledge on this subject is quite poor. As a remedy a research project supported by a national research grant is in operation since December 2008. This study will present the outline, the goals and the proposed methodology of this research project and will exhibit the first findings regarding the energy behaviour and other characteristics of the residential building stock of Cyprus

From the analysis of the results for 500 residential buildings examined it seems that the energy demand and primary energy required is lower than other European countries. Moreover, it seems that the age of residential buildings has low correlation with the energy demand. Finally, in contrast with other Northern and Central European countries, it is clear that the contribution of cooling energy requirements to the overall energy demand is quite significant.   

 

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Το ερευνητικό έργο ‘’ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΚΤΙΡΙΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ ΜΕ ΒΑΣΗ ΤΗΝ ΕΝΕΡΓΕΙΑΚΗ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΠΟΔΟΣΗ’’ χρηματοδοτείται από το Ίδρυμα Προώθησης Έρευνας (ΙΠΕ)

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