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Are scenarios of energy demand in the building stock in line with Paris targets?
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Energy Efficiency (1570646X) . Jan2019, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p225-243. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- COP21 led to an agreed target of keeping the increase in global average temperature well below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial levels. Due to its high potential for decarbonisation, the building stock will have to contribute a reduction of at least 85-95% in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions until 2050. Policy-driven scenario analysis is, therefore, important for assisting policy makers who are called upon to develop a corresponding framework to achieve those targets. The research questions of this paper are (1) Do long-term scenarios (in particular those labelled as ambitious) of energy demand in buildings reflect the COP21 target? (2) If not: What are reasons for the gap in terms of scenario assumptions, in particular, regarding the policy framework in the corresponding scenarios? The method builds on following steps: (1) analysis of GHG-emission reduction in scenarios from the policy-driven, bottom-up model Invert/EE-Lab; (2) compare scenarios among each other and analyse if they are in line with Paris targets; (3) discuss possible explanations for any gaps and the implications on future modelling work and policy making. Results show that scenarios labelled as being "ambitious" for several EU MSs achieve GHG-emission reductions of 56-96% until 2050. However, just 27% of these ambitious scenarios achieve reductions above 85%. The reason is that policies for most of the modelled scenarios were developed together with policy makers and stakeholders, who—for different reasons—were not willing to go beyond a certain stringency in the modelled instruments. In particular, this was the case for regulatory instruments, which show to be essential for achieving ambitious climate targets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1570646X
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Energy Efficiency (1570646X)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134037583
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-018-9701-1