Title: Sustainable energy use and decarbonisation potential in the Hungarian residential building sector

Authors: Tamás Pálvölgyi; Attila Buzási

Addresses: Department of Environmental Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary ' Department of Environmental Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary

Abstract: The residential buildings form a crucial sector of climate change mitigation in Hungary. The primary objective of the paper is to identify the long-term tendencies and future perspectives of the decarbonisation of household heating energy use in Hungary. Secondly, the paper focuses on the sustainability context of the energy sector by applying a complex impact assessment framework. Besides the quantitative analyses, driving factors in historical emission reductions were also identified, as well as future decarbonisation potentials and options in household heating were estimated.

Keywords: residential buildings; decarbonisation potential; sustainable energy use.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2021.119004

International Journal of Global Warming, 2021 Vol.25 No.3/4, pp.339 - 352

Received: 27 Aug 2020
Accepted: 14 Feb 2021
Published online: 17 Nov 2021 *

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