RUE measures

The following RUE solutions can be applied in the case of Cyprus. The detailed presentation of these solutions:

• Thermal Insulation as foreseen in the proposed Insulation Regulation
• Double glazing or improved thermal efficiency of windows
• Reduction of infiltration
• Optimisation of the envelope design(passive heating and cooling)
• Shading
• Natural & Hybrid Ventilation
• Improved efficiency of boiler/burners – Heat recovery from the flue gases
• Heat pump plants
• Use of water where available to gain increased efficiency. If water not available
  the shallow geother-mal energy or sea water may be used.
• Utilise solar heat to preheat feed water
• Recover of energy from condensers to provide domestic hot water and increase
  efficiency of compr-ession cycle.
• Absorption systems operating on fossil fuel mainly natural gas to provide heating
  and cooling- Solar or waste heat can be used also.
• Combined heat and power
• Electronically controlled variable speed motors
• Introduce inverters and other controls to modulate energy input according to work
  delivered.
• Introduction of heat exchangers between inlet and outlet of exhausted air to absorb
  energy content of exhausted air
• Monitoring of pressure on the two sides of the filters of AHU.
• Day lighting
• Energy expenditure for artificial lighting may be reduced with the use of new lamps
• Dimmers and other controls
• External Lighting (floodlighting)
• Solar Heat for swimming pools
• Solar water heating
• Solar heating to preheat water for space heating
• Solar water heating for absorption refrigeration systems
• Photovoltaic
• Shallow geothermal
• Biomass for space and water heating
• Biomass as a fuel for CHP

Non-technical measures

Emphasis was given on economic policy instruments for encouraging use of RES and RUE systems and on the reform of electricity tariffs for more uniform load distribution.

Economic policy instruments

The economic policy instruments have been analyzed in Conditions for the development of RES and RUE

Load management

Rather than attempting to match the power generation to the consumer demand, the philosophy of ‘load management’ involves an inversion of approach and taking action to vary the load to make it match the power available. When assessing the possible use of load control, consumers’ attitude should be taken into consideration.

Consumers should tolerate a complex tariff structure and co-operate in staggering their loads. The incentive always is extremely cheap electricity for the consumers during the hours of low demand and the result may be the smoothing of the daily power curve, low energy production cost, limited storage requirements, and extensive use of the generated energy.