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Standard Energy Audit In The Residential Buildings - A Case Study In A Residential Apartment In Street "New Kalabria'' In Pristina, Mehmet Qelaj, Flamur Bidaj, Nafije Gashi, Ali Muriqi, Driton Ademj, Violeta Nushi

UBT International Conference

In an energy audit, the main goal is to achieve energy savings, identify opportunities for savings, the measures for saving energy efficient, prepared the report on energy saving measures. The energy auditis aimed adequate knowledge on the current state of energy consumption in buildings and identify opportunities in energy consumption and cost effective reporting of results. The data to be analyzed are: energy bills (electricity, fuel) for the audit period, for the last three years (and/or next year), building plans and studies and its energy installations electromechanical characteristics building/structure and operation of the apparatus/equipment basic climate data for the period …

Issue Brief: Auditing Your Town's Development Code For Barriers To Sustainable Water Management, New England Environmental Finance Center

Sustainable Communities Capacity Building

This issue brief is intended for town officials who want to understand how development regulations in their community affect local water resources. Municipal development codes – the set of regulations that control the built environment – can have a great influence on the availability of clean and healthy water for drinking, recreation, and commercial uses. This in turn affects the community’s social, environmental, and economic vitality.

Comprehensive plans, zoning codes, and building standards are just a few examples of regulations that intentionally or unintentionally regulate the way water is transported, collected and absorbed. Regulations that produce dispersed development or large …