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- Title
How building users can contribute to greenhouse-gas emission reductions in Finland: comparative study of standard technical measures, user modifications and behavioural measures.
- Authors
Mattinen, M.; Tainio, P.; Salo, M.; Jalas, M.; Nissinen, A.; Heiskanen, E.
- Abstract
The residential sector is responsible for a considerable share of global greenhouse-gas emissions. In cold climates, space heating and energy-efficiency improvements are critical. Solutions can be off-the-shelf technologies, user modifications to adapt such technologies to local needs or behavioural measures. This paper conducts carbon footprint and profitability analyses of 20 such measures, including conventional technical measures, user modifications and behavioural changes in Finland. The study focuses on detached houses that have the most common heating system in the Finnish context-direct electricity, which is particularly problematic because it limits the options for improvement. The results show that the largest energy and emission savings resulted from heat pump installations and adding insulation to the roof. The most profitable measures were related to heat pumps. Some of the user modifications appeared promising in both respects.
- Subjects
EMISSION control; DWELLINGS &; the environment; ENVIRONMENTAL engineering of houses; ENERGY consumption research; ENERGY conservation research
- Publication
Energy Efficiency (1570646X), 2016, Vol 9, Issue 2, p301
- ISSN
1570-646X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12053-015-9366-y