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Perez-Lombard, L., Ortiz, J., Pout, C. (2008). A review on buildings energy consumption information.

Energy and Buildings, 40, 394-398. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.03.007

This article focuses on energy consumption in buildings. It looks at the energy usage in the world and how it differs over the years in different regions. It attributes the rise in energy consumption to economic growth, expansion of building sector and variety of building services offered such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The authors mentioned that the rapid increase in energy consumption and CO2 emissions in buildings have led to energy efficiency and saving strategies being a primary target for energy policies in many countries. HVAC systems take up the largest proportion of energy usage in both residential and commercial buildings. Office buildings are the biggest energy consumers and CO2 emissions producers in the commercial sector. Energy consumption of buildings in developed countries can form up to 20% to 40% of the total energy use. However, the authors claimed that the lack of consistent data makes it tough to study the underlying changes that affect energy consumption in the building sector. More complete building energy information should be made available to allow better analysis on the energy consumption. The authors' main aim with this article seems to be encouraging private initiative collaborations with the government to promote energy efficiency, new technologies for energy production, limiting energy consumption and raising social awareness on the rational use of energy in order to make possible for a sustainable energy future.

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