ENERGY POLICIES OF GERMANY, FINLAND AND RUSSIA : Building sector

Abstract

Significant increase of energy consumption connected with economic development and population growth is expected the next few decades. It can lead to the pressure increase on the energy consumption system. It also leads to increased attention to efficient use of energy. The depletion of energy resources as the global problem appered in 1970s, after the first energy crisis. After that, a lot of countries started to take arrangments to provide energy savings.

The first aim of the bachelor’s thesis is to find out the similar aspects and the different aspects of the energy policies if Germany, Finland and Russia. The second aim is to make suggestions how the Russian energy policy could be improved. The aims will be considered in terms of structure of presentation, fullness and depth of suggested organ-izational and technical measures with introduced indicators.

Firstly, preresquisites of the problem are given. The changes in energy consumption of the countries and the events that have a great influence on energy policies are discussed in this part. Secondly, laws, federal acts, directives containing the aims and measures of energy policies are given. The basic information of energy policies is presented in this part. Thirdly, aspects of energy policy of each country are given. The more detailed information of energy savings measures of energy policies of Germany, Finland, and Russia are presented in this part. Fourthly, comparing data are given. The similar and different aspects of the energy policies of the countries are represented in this part.

The conclusion is the energy policy of Finland is more developed than the German energy policy, and both of them are more developed than the energy policy of Russia. The structures of presentation of Finland and Germany are more convenient than the Russian structure. The identification of more good – enough solutions for improvement of Russian energy policy is defined with addition of assessment of the impact on energy savings. The second possible improvement is more detailed development of indicators. The fullness and depth of suggested organizational and technical measures of Russia can be provided with information about assessment of the impact on energy savings.