Danish action plan for energy- conservation - why, who and how?  Anne Grete Holmsgaard, vice chairman of the energy commission, Danish Parliament  Dublin November 15th. 2005

A few words on why?  increasing dependence on imported fuels – often from unstable regions  imported fuel is a scarce resource – competition is growing  threatening global warming – EU has decided not to exceed + 2° Celsius  the advantages by energy-conservation are big: Less dependence, less investments in production capacity, first-mover in technology development, jobs, export

Potentials are very big  Buildings and transport are by far the biggest energy consumers.  On European level: More than 40% is used in buildings (heating and cooling). Transport counts for close to 30%.  The Danish example: The private-economy potential (exclusive transport) is 42% of energy – during the period up to The socio- economic potential is 24%.

The energy-conservation plan  a broad political agreement (6 out of 7 parties in Parliament)  covering – focused on consumption  Target: annual reductions on 7,5 PJ (1,75%) (3 times higher than now)  reductions must be monitored  review by to (re)evaluate initiatives and methods  the idea is to make it easy - create package- and standard solutions

Who are the players/stakeholders?  based on a “voluntary” involvement of grid-, heating and oil companies + the electricity saving foundation - who are responsible for reaching the targets - savings must be documented  a board will coordinate initiatives  part of the activities shall be tendered out  the players already have app million euro a year at their disposal for energy savings  building + energy enterprises have called for an ambitious plan

What is regulated by law?  buildings/houses must be labelled (private: when sold)  the labelling shall include financing proposals  Public buildings: Must invest in energy- conservation - payback time up to 5 year.  the right to use consumers money for energy- conservation  tightening of building regulations (+25-30% in 2006, +25% in 2010)

Experience and reality

Renovation –house from 1927  Reduction of energy consumption: 47%  Investment : euro  Money in the pocket from day 1:Yearly saving for owner: euro (if financed by loans):  Total value over 30 years: euro.

Some figures  New buildings : 1%  Housing counts for 75% of use in buildings  House from 60th: Loss of energy: App.45% via windows

Energy buildings  Average use:16 litre oil pr. year pr. m2 for heating  A new building (BR 1995): Max. 7,5 litre oil pr. year pr. m2 for heating  A new building (BR 2006): Max. 5,5 litre oil pr. year pr. m2 for heating  A passive-house uses less than 1,5 litre oil pr. year pr. m2 for heating and cooling