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č
ilište u Zagrebu
Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje
DIPLOMSKI RAD
Mentor
Doc. dr.sc. Neven Dui
ć
Boris
Adum
Zagreb, 2002.
Izjavljujem da sam rad radio samostalno koriste
ć
i znanje ste
č
eno tijekom studija i
nevedenu literaturu.
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ć
u na pomo
ć
i pri izradi rada.
Boris Adum
Boris Adum: Utjecaj energetske politike u zgradarstvu na ispunjavanje obaveza Kyoto Protokola
Summary
The last several years of measuring the concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the
Earth's atmosphere have shown that it has almost doubled since the beginning of the
nineteenth century. Scientists have found ample evidence to the influence of an
increased concentration of Carbon Dioxide on global warming, through the
Greenhouse Effect. They have also found that the emission of greenhouse gasses
resulting from human activities greatly contributes to increased concentration of
Carbon Dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere.
Acknowledging that, the United Nations have started the mitigation process - the
process of diminishing the effect of human influence on the climate. The result of the
mitigation process is that the Republic of Croatia, as a developing country, signed the
United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate Change convention (UNFCC),
with which it pledges to keep the greenhouse gasses' emission levels no higher than
they were in 1990 (the base year); additionally, it signed the Kyoto convention with
which it pledges to reduce the emissions by 5% compared to the base year, in the
period 2008-2012.
Household energy consumption is a significant portion of overall energy consumption
in the Republic of Croatia and in other countries. Numerous research studies and
pilot projects in the World show that one of the technologically least complex as well
as one of the most cost-effective methods of reducing greenhouse gasses is an
increase in energy efficiency in building stock.
Calculations of reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions by improving thermal insulation of
households have been performed based on existing forecasts of reduced energy
consumption. They have shown that the International responsibilities that the
Republic of Croatia has committed to can be fulfilled to a great degree in this way.
The amount by which the emissions can be reduced depends on the dynamic and
scope of the household reconstruction projects.
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Boris Adum: Utjecaj energetske politike u zgradarstvu na ispunjavanje obaveza Kyoto Protokola
This thesis shows that the country could justify generating incentives for energy
efficiency projects for new and existing households by calculating the value of
projected avoided emissions at the price of $15/t. Examples of incentives that have
been enforced in some other countries for an extended period of time are also given.
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