Buildings account for 40% of total energy consumption and emit 35% of the total CO2 in the EU and there is consequently an enormous energy saving potential. Therefore the EU-directive 2002/91/EU [1] requires from all EU Member States to save energy in this sector. Hence, the drive to reduce the energy consumption of buildings represents an essential component of environmental protection efforts. Furthermore, the new directive 2010/31/EU [2] requires that the Member States tighten national standards and draw up national plans to increase the number of 'nearly zero-energy buildings'. Well planned energy-saving strategies presume knowledge of specific characteristics of the current national building stock. Therefore, the implementation of process to support systematic data collection, classification and analysis of the energy consumptions of buildings will become increasingly important during the coming years. The following field survey analyzed the energy consumption of 68 school buildings in Luxembourg. A separate collation of electricity and heat energy consumptions allowed a detailed analysis of specific energy parameters. A statistical analysis and interpretation of new buildings differentiated by energy sources was completed as well as the definition of energy relevant parameters such as the energy standard, the purpose of the building or the presence of canteens.
COVER LETTER Authors for correspondences:Andreas Thewes / Stefan Maas "nearly zero-energy buildings". Well-planned energy-saving strategies presume knowledge of specific characteristics of the current national building stock. Therefore, the implementation of a process to support systematic data collection, classification and analysis of the energy consumption of buildings will become increasingly important during the coming years.In the field study described below we analyzed the energy consumption of 68 school buildings in Luxembourg. A separate collation of electricity and heat energy consumptions allowed to make a detailed analysis of specific energy parameters. Clustered according to energy sources, the new buildings were analyzed from a statistical point of view. We defined the energy relevant parameters such as energy standards, the purpose of use of the buildings or whether they had canteens.