INTEGRATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY CULTURE IN THE BUILDING SECTOR OF ARMENIA
The largest final energy consumer in Armenia is the residential sector (over 38 % in 2016). Thus, it’s among the top priorities of the country when it comes to climate change mitigation. The climate of the country contributes to this tendency with an extended period of heating. With improvement of the economic situation in the country the greenhouse gas emissions from residential sector increased six fold in 2016 (1170 GgCO2eq) compared to 2000. The energy efficiency is one of priority areas of national policy and was in the focus of UNDP programmes. In the past years various projects were implemented all across the country. Regional Post discussed the latest project aimed at scaling up investments in energy efficient building retrofits with the manager of the project, Vahram Jalalyan.
17.02.2020