Publisher's Synopsis
The introductory section of this book discusses the main underlying trends affecting domestic energy use and explains that the aim of the report is to highlight such trends. There is a brief summary of the situation before 1970 followed by an overview of the period between 1970 and 1989. This section also explains the basis of the tables which appear in the report. Several of those tables rely on the results from the BREHOMES model and so a brief discussion of the model is included.;The book is divided into six main sections, dealing with: fuel prices and household expenditure on energy; basic statistics on population, households and the housing stock (age, tenure, dwelling type and regional distribution); information on the uptake of insulation measures in the housing stock; information on changes to the housing stock heat loss, heating systems, temperatures and energy use (this section looks at what would have happened to the energy use of the housing stock if energy efficient improvements had not been introduced, and contains the main conclusions on the effectiveness of insulation, improvements in efficiency and the rising standards of service achieved within the housing stock); the individual effects of rising levels of service, external temperature variations, improved insulation and improved heating efficiency, and how these combine to determine sector energy consumption; and the fuels used to meet the energy demand of the housing stock and the carbon dioxide emissions which result from this fuel use.;The primary energy consumption associated with the energy delivered to the housing stock is addressed in the last section and a final energy balance diagram draws together the various topics discussed in the report by showing the main energy flows related to the housing stock.
