Practical results of heat conservation in a housing estate scale-actions implemented by the Pradnik-Bialy-Zachod housing cooperative in Cracow
- Pradnik-Bialy-Zachod Housing Cooperative, Cracow (Poland)
There are 11,600,000 apartments occupied in Poland. More than 7,700,000 of these apartments are located in towns. Energy consumption for heating, ventilation and district hot water in residential housing reaches 40% of the national power balance. A portion of district heat distribution and relatively low energy efficiency is characteristic for Polish residential housing. Seventy five percent of apartments in towns are provided with central heating installations and 55% of the entire heat demand in Polish buildings is covered by district heating systems. The total installed heat power of these systems reaches 46,000 MW. The situation with regard to conservation in Polish residential housing is directly related to the legacy of central planning of the national economy and to the current phase of its re-organization to the market-oriented system. The standard value of the overall heat-transfer coefficient for external walls in Poland until 1980 was 1.16 W/m{sup 2}K; at present it is reduced to 0.55 W/m{sup 2}K. There are numerous reasons for the low energy efficiency in residential housing. These reasons are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 401877
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-52472; CONF-9510377-; ON: DE96013481; TRN: 96:004816-0006
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Krakow conference on low emission sources, Krakow (Poland), 10-12 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of Krakow conference on low emissions sources: Proceedings; Pierce, B.L.; Butcher, T.A. [eds.]; PB: 194 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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