Foreign experience of energy saving and increasing energy efficiency in the housing and communal services

This article provides analysis of international experience of the energy saving in housing and communal services. The main measures both administrative and economic regulation and promotion of energy efficiency are examined: the introduction of energy efficiency standards, monitoring of the use of energy, provision of tax exemtions, subsidies and grants for energy efficiency, provision of concessional loans and guarantees, introduction of a flexible system of tariffs, use of renewable energy, conducting programs aimed at promoting energy efficiency in population