EU funding for energy efficiency in buildings

As a significant contributor to the energy consumption (40% of final energy consumption), and a principal responsible for a significant amount of CO2 emissions (36% of CO2 emissions), the building sector is subject to various policies, strategies and long-term decisions in order to reduce its impact. The reduction potential is immense, particularly through measures to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy production, not to mention the decrease of global warming that can be achieved. A significant reduction in the maintenance costs is also obtained mainly by reducing energy consumption. [Read more…]