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    European Union legislation for demand-side management and public policies for demand response

    ProjectBAMB - Buildings As Material Banks
    TitleEuropean Union legislation for demand-side management and public policies for demand response
    Publication TypePapers in International Journals
    Year of Publication2019
    AuthorsMachado B., Castro M. F., and Bragança, L.
    Abstract

    Energy is now intrinsically linked to technological and social development, powering all such systems. The use of fossil fuels to supply the required energy is causing global environmental and health issues and is impacting on all life forms on the planet. Given the increasing energy use, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are consequentially increasing. A critical and evolutionary way of thinking about the energy and resources demand management and supply is necessary because there is a clear concern about irreversible impacts on the world and a scarcity of the resources as well. At the same time, all the energy and resource use processes should be optimized to maximize the benefits, reduce the costs and promote stakeholders network, toward a circular economy. This could be the way to supply the demand without
    increasing the scarcity of the resources and to simultaneously achieve environmental benefits. At the same time, creating an educational grid is important to change the established paradigms, to promote critical thinking about the wasted resources and thinking holistically about overall consumption. This paradigm shift is changing the market, making it more competitive and reducing inefficiency by promoting the efficient use of resources. In the XXI century, legislation and public policies which consider sustainability approaches are constantly improving, trying to fix the pathways to avoid climate changes and achieve energy efficiency, but at the same time, the energy and resources demand still increasing to a no sustainable way to the social and environmental aspects.

    JournalIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
    Volume225
    Pagination70
    Date Published2019-02-05
    PublisherIOP Publishing
    ISSN1755-1307
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012064
    URLhttps://www.bamb2020.eu/post/summary-bamb-final-event/
    KeywordsCircular economy, Demand Response, Demand Side Management, Energy Efficiency, Public Policies., Sustainability
    RightsopenAccess
    Peer reviewedyes
    Statuspublished
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    About CTAC

    The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

    Currently CTAC aggregates 37 researchers holding a PhD of which 27 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more


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