On 5 April 2016 the JRC presented the interactive and collaborative online European Energy Efficiency Platform. This beta platform is conceived to fill the gap opened by scattered data and fragmented knowledge resulting from a rapidly growing energy efficiency market. It is expected to be both a one-stop shop for information retrieval and a meeting point for experts to exchange data and reduce redundant activities.
Energy in Buildings
Final energy consumption trends:
Final energy consumption experienced in Europe an increase in absolute terms of 10% between 1990 and 2006 where the consumption peaked at 1190 Mtoe. Over this period, the share of the final energy consumption of residential and non-residential buildings increased from 35.4% to 37.7% . This made buildings the largest single end-use of energy in Europe.
Since the financial crisis the overall EU final energy consumption experienced a decrease. During the period 2007- 2012, it decreased by 8% while the final energy consumption of residential and non-residential buildings decreased by only 2.5%. The decrease of buildings' final energy consumption was experienced mainly in residential buildings (4%) despite the increase of number of square of meters as a result of the construction of new buildings prior to the crisis.
Portugal experienced the highest decrease (16%) while Bulgaria and Italy experienced the highest increase (15%) of the final energy consumption of residential buildings during the same period. By contrast, final energy consumption of non-residential buildings remained almost stable during the period 2007-2012. In non-residential buildings, the highest decrease of the final energy consumption was observed in Slovakia and Ireland (22%) while the highest increase was in Slovenia (24%). Most probably, the efficiency improvement and the decrease of the activity have been compensated by the high penetration of consumer electronics devices.
Source: EUR26888EN, pages 27-28.
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