Energy metrics for European residential buildings for cities, towns&suburbs and rural areas – the case of Romania

¹ West University of Timisoara, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Interdisciplinary Platform, 300223, Vasile Parvan 4A/704C, Romania
² Dosetimpex SRL, General Manager, 300714 Calea Buziasului 11, Timisoara, Romania

^* Corresponding author: vasile.dogaru@e-uvt.ro

Abstract

The report of The International Energy Agency summarizes the energy use for European Union cities in 2006 by 1259 Mtoe (3.46 toe per capita) and predicts an yearly increase by 0.73% until 2015 and by 0.4% between 2016-2030. The projection for the first increase has not been reached for EU residential urban buildings. The world energy use for buildings is about 40%. Some EU countries have no disaggregated data for urban-rural areas, for cities, towns and suburbs and rural areas. We are modeling Romania’s residential building energy between 2001-2016 for the three levels mentioned above. In the following period, the rural buildings energy per capita will overcome the urban level of cities, towns and suburbs in Romania, in line with other EU countries. The distinct metrics for employees and pensioners were modeled by policy makers in cities, towns and suburbs and rural areas. The quantity of energy use was also modeled for the three levels. The downwards trend for household energy use in cities as compared to rural areas is identified for the 2001-2016 period for Romania. The EU energy use figures for cities will underline the more efficient allocation of structural funds for the next programming period 2021-2027.