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008 260224s2008 xxu
100 1 _aEkins, Paul
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100 1 _aLees, Eoin
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245 0 0 _aThe impact of EU policies on energy use in and the evolution of the UK built environment
260 _cdic. 2008
270 _a25/03/2009 ; 25/03/2009
300 _a3 p. ; 4580-4583
520 _aTranscripción del resúmen publicado por el autor: Energy use in buildings is influenced by a variety of factors in complex ways. Historically, in the UK the efficiency of energy use in buildings has not been a major consideration in their design. Now policy concern with climate change is changing this, because buildings have come to be perceived as the locus of energy use with the highest cost-effective energy savings potential. In the UK, the energy efficiency of the building stock is rather low. The paper focuses largely on energy use in the UK's existing building stock and the two main European Union Directives which affect it: the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive and the Energy Services Directive. The Directives are complex, and there are a number of supporting programmes set up by the European Commission to aid their implementation. Even so, they have been implemented in differing ways in different European countries, and implementation remains patchy. The Directives have the potential to be a major influence on the evolution of the UK's built environment, but their effect will depend on the details of the Directives' implementation and enforcement, many of which are not yet clear.
581 _a12
650 0 _aPolítica energética
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650 0 _aEficiencia energética
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773 0 _tEnergy Policy
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942 _cARTICULO
999 _c169336
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