The EU project BARENERGY - Barriers for energy changes among end consumers and households - aims to identify the relevance and strengths of various barriers for energy behaviour changes among end consumers and households, and to discuss how activities from political authorities, energy producers and NGOs can overcome these barriers.
Energy use in the built environment accounted for more than 40% of total energy use in the EU.
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The energy demand in households accounts for 25% of the final energy needs in the EU. Electricity used for domestic appliances increased most rapidely.
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Road transport is at present the sector with the second largest energy consumption in the EU: CO2-emissions grew 20% between 1990 and 2000.
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