Chapter 4.3

Overview of the European Union policies to promote more sustainable behaviours in energy end-users

Paolo Bertoldia    European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italya Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the authors and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.

Abstract

Barriers to energy efficiency and energy conservation prevent end-users to adopt energy efficiency technologies and to change their behaviour. A number of policies to overcome these barriers have been adopted and implemented worldwide.

This chapter presents a summary of the main barriers and energy efficiency policies. It introduces some specific policies, which are in particular ...

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