A more sustainable heat supply of the built environment is needed to reach the policy goal of a climate-neutral economy in the Netherlands by 2050. This paper presents a method using a spatial energy model to calculate the most cost-effective CO2- reduction potential of a sustainable heat supply...

Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Top lessons and findings -- Interesting findings for future consideration -- Why is energy efficiency important? -- Low, medium, and high energy intensity country characteristics -- Moving from high to medium energy intensity -- Moving...

Russia is sometimes referred to as “the Saudi Arabia of energy efficiency”; its vast potential to reduce energy consumption can be considered a significant “energy reserve”. Russia, recognising the benefits of more efficient use of energy, is taking measures to exploit this potential....