On January 30th  the next actionsteps were discussed.

 The purpose of this project is to examine therationality behind the consumers’ choices and to protect valuable infrastructurefrom obsolescence, particularly by integrating renewable energy sources,rationale use of energy measures in social housing and by developing options toimprove efficient energy supply.

 The projects aims to show how energy user behaviourand energy consumption in social housing in selected EU Member States (CzechRepublic, Slovakia, Lithuania) and accession countries (Bulgaria) differ andcompare with the energy intensity and user behaviour in other countries. Theuser behaviour in selected multi-family houses shall be assessed usingstandardized measuring equipment over a whole heating period. The data will becollected and evaluated according to the specific countries’ situation andclimatic zones (north, middle and south European zones).

As a result of these assessments the project wants to implement a “socialdialogue” between users, housing associations, energy utilities andmunicipalities, in order to

• identify the problems connected to energy use in social housing (from asupply and demand side view) and
• provide the involved stakeholders with appropriate technical solutions andsocioeconomic tools to optimise the energy use in social housing

Project Consortium

Leading Team and Parnters:

Austrian Consulting Engineers Group ZT-KEG, Vienna AT
KWI Management Consultants & Auditors GmbH, Vienna AT
Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture, Graz AT
Energy for Sustainable Development Ltd, Corsham UK
CITYPLAN spol. s r.o., Prague CZ
Energy Centre Bratislava, Bratislavia SK
Lithuanian Energy Institute, Kaunas LT
Sofia Energy Centre, Sofia BG