CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Shelkovich, Katsiaryna |
|---|---|
| Title | Building codes as a Policy Instrument for Improvement of Energy Efficiency in Building Sector: Barriers and Incentives. Case study of Belarus. |
| Summary | Belarus is facing unprecedented energy challenges which are a result of dependency of imported energy carriers, high energy intensity of all sectors of economy, and enormous energy losses due to energy inefficiency. Belarus can and must implement all available policy tools aiming at reduction of energy losses, which will not only result in significant economic benefits, but also contribute to greenhouse emissions reduction and help to combat climate change. Building sector, including old buildings constructed at Soviet period with no attention to energy efficiency issues, has enormous potential for energy savings. Taking into consideration poor past experience of building traditions, it is evident that there’s a strong need to make changes aimed at reduction of energy consumption of both old and new buildings. Energy efficiency building codes in Belarus are at the early stage of introduction. Therefore there is a need of evaluating the process of building codes design and introduction in order to identify barriers and incentives for compliance and develop recommendations for improvement of the process. The research aims at assessment of the process of building codes design and implementation in Belarus. The main objective of this study is to analyze the process of building codes design, identify and categorize the barriers for the successful policy tool implementation and develop recommendations how these barriers can overcome. The expected outcome of the study is development of recommendations for improvement of the process of building codes implementation in Belarus. |
| Supervisor | Ruben Mnatsakanian |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/shelkovich_katsiaryna.pdf |
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