Conditions for the integration of energy-efficient technologies into households. Elements of the Portuguese experience

Panel: Panel 2. Comfort and energy use in buildings

Authors:
Lívio Honório, Advisor to Board of Directors of EDP
Carlos Nascimento, Department Coordinator of ADENE

Abstract

This paper reports on some elements of the Portuguese experience related to the integration of energy-efficient technologies into Portuguese households.

It provides a description of the present situation, giving:

a brief characterisation of the total electric energy consumption in the residential sector and the details of each main utilisation;
the key documents to promote the different electro-technologies (fridges, washing machines, etc);
the energy saving potential in the residential sector;
the characterisation of the steps of a process; relevant information (legislation – labels…), main partners involved in a process.

The paper also looks to the future, providing: critical reflections about different hypotheses to implement deeply on the market the efficient technologies; main strategies to be followed in Portugal to improve residential buildings and to install more efficient electro-technologies; indications on who should be the main actors involved in a DSM & End-Use Energy Efficiency Plan.