Abstract

Еfficient use of fuel and energy resources is a topical issue of our time. This requires searching for ways to improve energy efficiency in the housing sector, as it is one of the largest consumers of thermal energy. Despite the significant number of existing methods for the evaluation of energy efficiency of the housing stock, still little attention was paid to such key positions as technical condition of the housing stock and its existing reserves for optimization of energy consumption. Household income levels and their real capacity to participate in state and regional energy efficiency programs, the introduction of a reasonable tariff policy for energy resources and policies of social protection and welfare benefits (subsidies) are also not given enough. In this article for the first time, a two-level system of economic and mathematical models has been built, taking into account economic, technical and social indicators, which allows to predict and optimize the level of energy consumption. The application of this system provides for the presence of input values ​​of independent variables, obtained by expert means or using trend dependencies. On the basis of the system of economic and mathematical models, an optimizing function for the minimum consumption of energy resources per 1 sq. m. of living space and the optimization function for the minimum consumption of energy resources per person have been obtained. It is proved that the proposed economic-mathematical models characterize the controlled processes of energy consumption and their interconnection. Instruments of state regulation of administrative decisions of local self-government, as well as at the level of the management of enterprises of housing and communal services, can be improved. The article compares the calculated indicators of the optimal energy consumption with the actual statistical data for the period, allows us to affirm the existence of a significant energy saving potential in the housing stock of Ukraine. A methodical approach has been developed to assess the energy efficiency of the existing housing stock in order to identify energy consumption reserves. This approach allows us to determine the appropriate directions for the formation of state and regional energy saving policies and improving the energy efficiency of Ukraine’s housing stock and to regulate at the legislative level the issue of increasing the energy efficiency of buildings. This approach will also help to carry out measures to renovate and improve the quality of housing stock and increase its energy efficiency, to improve the mechanism for stimulating the introduction of energy-saving technologies and creating attractive conditions for the implementation of investment projects in the housing sector. Finally, it is important to inform broad sections of the population and form a conscious attitude to the need for efficient and economical consumption of fuel and energy resources in society. This method of research can be used to determine energy efficiency indicators at the regional level.  

Keywords: energy efficiency, economic and mathematical modeling, optimization function, minimization of energy consumption, housing stock

JEL Classification: C10, С61, Q43.

Cite as: Komelina, O., & Shcherbinina, S. (2018). Methodology of estimation of energy reserves and energy efficiency of the housing fund of Ukraine. Marketing and Management of Innovations, 1, 382-390. https://doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2018.1-30

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