The document exposes the findings from the workshop entitled "Removing Barriers to Residential Energy Efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe" (on February 6-7, 2006 in Kiev, Ukraine), specifically the opportunities and recommendations for overcoming those barriers in the countries of Southeast Europe and the CIS.
Ukraine
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Study of Potential for Energy Efficiency Retrofits of Residential Buildings City of Uzhgorod Ukraine
Results of the study of the potential for energy efficiency retrofits of residential buildings
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Tentative List of Speakers for the REEEP workshop
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Improve the institutional capacity of local and national governments to formulate policies that promote the development and implementation of residential energy efficiency projects, especially for multifamily buildings where there is a high concentration of vulnerable (low income) households.
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The demand for energy across the globe continues to grow. Cities account for approximately two thirds of energy consumed worldwide and 70 % of the greenhouse gas emissions related to people. Energy prices have experienced nothing but growth for years now. Even in places where prices for electricity and heating appear low from a customer standpoint, subsidies actually end up footing the bill in many cases, which are in turn covered by national budgets that are funded by tax payers.
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Over the last several years, municipal energy and climate protection management has become a central working area within German development cooperation. Municipalities are faced with immense and multi-faceted challenges: increased spending on energy is a strain on the inhabitants as well as public budgets. As a result, many municipalities are witnessing growing engagement in the area of climate protection.