Transformationspfade für den europäischen Gebäudesektor: Vergleich von Umwelteinsparungen durch Suffizienz-, Konsistenz- und Effizienzmaßnahmen
Open Access
- 18 July 2022
- journal article
- Published by Oekom Publishers GmbH in TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis
- Vol. 31 (2), 32-39
- https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.31.2.32
Abstract
This article addresses the lack of data about the environmental savings potential of sufficiency measures in the European building sector by using the EUCalc tool. The savings potentials of different sufficiency, consistency, and efficiency measures in the impact categories greenhouse gas emissions, energy, and renewable as well as non-renewable resources are calculated. With sufficiency measures, a total of 16% of GHG emissions can be saved compared to an EU past trends scenario. Efficiency and consistency measures save 31% and 22%, respectively. The most effective sufficiency measure is a reduction of living space per capita. The results vary between the impact categories studied.Keywords
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