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Buildings: Good Intentions Unfulfilled

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Decarbonization in the European Union

Part of the book series: Energy, Climate and the Environment ((ECE))

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The European building stock consumes about 40 per cent of final energy in the EU and is responsible for about half of the CO2 emissions not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (BPIE, 2011; European Commission, 2013). Reducing buildings’ energy consumption reduces demand for fossil fuel-generated energy, thus contributing to a reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to the achievement of decarbonization.

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  1. Elin Lerum Boasson
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  1. Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    Claire Dupont (Senior Researcher) & Sebastian Oberthür (Academic Director) (Senior Researcher) &  (Academic Director)

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Boasson, E.L., Dupont, C. (2015). Buildings: Good Intentions Unfulfilled. In: Dupont, C., Oberthür, S. (eds) Decarbonization in the European Union. Energy, Climate and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137406835_7

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