Melo (de) Conrado Augustus, Martino Jannuzzi (de) Gilberto

Rubrique:

Usages de l’énergie

Parution:

2015

Titre Ouvrage:

Cost-effectiveness of CO2 emissions reduction through energy efficiency in Brazilian building sector

Édition:

Energy Efficiency, July, volume 8, issues 4

Pages:

pp. 815-826

This paper calculates the cost-effectiveness of CO₂ emissions reduction in Brazilian buildings sector  taking  into account the implementation of three public policy mechanisms which the focus is the promotion of energy efficiency (EE) ;  the main specific findings are that (1) the minimum energy performance standards –MEPS-  could be broader and reach the use of energy in standby mode and tubular fluorescent lamps and should be more stringent, mainly in the case of large air conditioning devices, and (2) there is a significant cost-effective potential of emissions reduction that could be captured through mechanisms not implemented yet in the country, as public procurement regulation and building codes ; in general, the total impacts are very significant and could represent an energy saving potential of 795 TWh and emissions reduction of 74 million tons of CO₂ over the period from the year 2014 to the year 2030.