This paper describes the analytical results of heating energy consumption monitoring and the determinationof heat protection levels for both single-family and multi-family buildings in Russia. Experiments have been jointly conducted by Russian and American researchers from the Research Institute for Building Physics, Gosstroy of Russia, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The paper describes qualimetric methods which provide a quantitative estimation of thermal and energy performance by using instrumental facilities and non-destructive methods.
The Energy Letter concept was introduced in autumn 1989 in a move to provide home-owners with a statistical breakdown of their water and electricity consumption. Customers learn about their energy use and get an almost immediate response on Home with direct electrical heating efficiency measures applied. As a result of the project, the average amount of energy used per customer was reduced by 2,400 kWh per year. The Energy Letter does not require any investment cost.
Due to the intensification of global environmental problems and to the anxiety of stable oil supply resulting from the Gulf war the tendency toward energy-saving is growing at a global scale. On the other head, in Japan, due to the ever increasing participation of women in social activities, the development of anaging society and urbanization, the reform of social structure and the diversification of users' needs are advancing rapidly.
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