The Green Savings programme was drawn up by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and fully administered by the State Environmental Fund. The main objectives of the programme were reduction of CO2 emissions as well as limitation of other air pollutants, supported by increased use of renewable energy sources and improved energy efficiency in the housing sector. The programme has not only promoted use of renewable energy sources for heating and hot water preparation but has also subsidized energy savings in reconstructions and new buildings. The programme supports quality insulation of family houses and non-panel multiple-dwelling houses, replacement of environment unfriendly heating for low-emission biomass-fired boilers and efficient heat pumps and, finally, installations of these sources in new low-energy buildings as well as construction of new houses in the passive energy standard. The Green Savings support is provided in the form of non-claimable subsidies granted only to applicants from the Czech Republic. The Green Savings programme started 1st April 2009 and was suspended in late October 2010 due to its funds having been spent. The State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic received 7137 grant applications from the South Bohemian Region - 1693 applications (23.7%) were granted and paid in full, 2121 applications (29.7%) were approved and 3323 applications (46.6%) were turned down. The applicants in the South Bohemian Region have claimed to be adequately informed about the programme and they find it to be economically advantageous ? the programme itself proved to be extremely popular and successful in meeting the applicants expectations in energy savings. If some of the South-bohemian households choose not to apply for a subsidy within this programme it was not because of lack of funds. Most households who applied for the subsidy reported only partial satisfaction with its administration process. The greatest majority of benefactors in all subsidized areas were family houses and the biggest amount of grants applied for concerns the use of renewable energy sources for heating and hot water preparation (in particular installation of solar-thermal collectors which represents 25% of all submitted applications). Lowest interest within the subsidized areas was for housing construction in the passive energy standard. For many applicants the governmental support isn't the main driving force in their decision-making process about energy efficient homes. Many of them had implemented energy-saving measures before the programme started. But they claim to have chosen more energy efficient measures using the programme than they would have done without it. People living in South Bohemian Region have positive relationship with their environment and take environmental issues seriously.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:52693 |
Date | January 2011 |
Creators | KAČENOVÁ, Petra |
Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
Language | Czech |
Detected Language | English |
Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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