The Residential Energy Efficiency Program in Lithuania
This case study, which describes the residential Lithuanian energy efficiency (EE) program and lessons learned, was prepared in support of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)-funded technical assistance activity Scaling Up of En...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19790361/scaling-up-energy-efficiency-buildings-western-balkans-residential-energy-efficiency-program-lithuania-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20046 |
| Summary: | This case study, which describes the
residential Lithuanian energy efficiency (EE) program and
lessons learned, was prepared in support of the Energy
Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)-funded
technical assistance activity Scaling Up of Energy
Efficiency in Building in the Western Balkans. During the
first period (1996-2004), the World Bank- and donor-funded
Energy Efficiency Housing Pilot Project was implemented
around investments of US$28.6 million. In addition,
technical assistance (TA) was included to facilitate energy
auditor market development, establish centers to provide
legal advice to homeowner associations (HOAs), train bank
officials, and develop a housing agency to further promote
EE investments in the residential sector. These changes
accelerate the modernization process in Lithuania from about
70 apartment buildings a year to 490 buildings a year.
Subsidy procedures for low-income persons were also revised:
a May 2013 law to provide support to low-income families was
amended to require eligible households to implement a
renovation project or risk a cut in their state subsidy from
50 percent to 0 percent for heating costs for a period of
three years. This has facilitated the renovation
decision-making process among low-income apartment owners. |
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