The development of a housing energy strategy at the London Borough of Croydon.

The management and client role of the maintenance of the housing stock of the London

Borough of Croydon is undertaken by the Housing Department. They view themselves primarily as housing managers and not as providers of a welfare service, and as such their priorities are:

Energy conservation programs and their impact on rental buildings in Italy, Sweden, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United States.

The paper focusses on local energy conservation measures, and on programs and policies that deal with rental property issues, directly or indirectly, whether they may help or hinder energy conservation. Local programs studied are: U.S. - Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco; Italy - Brescia, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna; Germany - Berlin, Saarbrucken, Rhein Main. Sweden discusses four national programs that are locally administered; building codes, loans and grants, local energy advisors, and general information.