http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 11 to 25. http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/material-resources-and-waste-2014?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Update to the European Environment State and Outlook 2010 (SOER 2010) thematic assessment No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) technological progress Rio conference imports recycling Rio +20 economic growth waste incineration consumption hazardous waste thematic assessment production resource efficiency fuel waste burning waste material resources waste management illegal waste shipment lubricant raw material SOER2010 green economy landfill waste disposal 2012-06-07T09:30:00+01:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/building-the-future-we-want?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic While much of Europe is still suffering the effects of economic recession, a new report argues that efforts to increase prosperity should not damage the environment. Indeed, Europe’s economy depends on a healthy environment, including the materials and services provided by the natural world, according to the new edition of Signals from the European Environment Agency (EEA). No publisher girliar signals2012 video consumption 2012-06-05T10:00:00+02:00 Highlight http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea-signals-2012?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Signals 2012 brings together environmental issues such as sustainability, green economy, water, waste, food, governance and knowledge sharing. It is prepared in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development — Rio 2012. This year's Signals will give you a flavour of how consumers, forward-thinking businesses and policymakers can make a difference by combining new technological tools — from satellite observations to online platforms. It will also suggest creative and effective solutions to preserve the environment. No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) Food production and consumption green economy consumption public outreach governance consumer behaviour sustainability life cycle signals2012 youth audience global impacts 2012-06-05T09:00:00+02:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/energy-efficiency-and-energy-consumption-5/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Over the period 1990-2009, energy efficiency in the household sector increased by 24% in EU-27 countries at an annual average rate of 1.4%/year, driven by the diffusion of more efficient buildings, space heating technologies and electrical appliances.  Over the same period, the final energy consumption of households increased by about 8%, at an annual average rate of 0.4%. Electricity consumption grew much faster at an annual growth rate of 1.7%. During the years 2005-2009 energy efficiency increased by 5%, or 1.3%/year. No publisher iverscar buildings energy consumption ENER ODEX consumption electricity energy heating households ENER022 solar heaters household 2012-04-30T17:17:44+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/renewable-electricity-consumption/renewable-electricity-consumption-assessment-draft-3?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic In 2009, the share of renewable electricity in gross electricity consumption in the EU-27 was 19.8 % compared to 13% in 1990. Renewable electricity grew by 3.3%/year since 1990 Hydropower accounts for 62% in renewable electricity production, following by wind 20.9%, biomass and wastes 14.3%,2.2% for photovoltaic and 1% geothermal. Despite good progress, only four countries have already met the indicative national target for the renewable electricity directive and three are very close, meaning that much more needs to be done in individual countries to achieve their targets by 2010.  As a whole however, the EU is close to meeting its target. A simple forecast based on the trend to date would mean the EU would reach 20% energy generation from renewable by 2020, just 1% short of target. Given an increasing trend in more recent years, there is reason to be positive about this target being met. No publisher pastocin CSI031 ENER consumption electricity renewable energy energy assessment11 ENER30 ENER2011 electricity consumption ENER2009 CSI ENER030 2012-04-30T14:22:51+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/energy-intensity-in-the-service-sector/assessment-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Over the period 2000-2009, the energy intensity (energy consumption at normal climate [1] per unit of value added) in the service sector decreased in the EU-27 by 1 %/year on average, showing a relative decoupling between energy consumption and activity (value added). Over the period 2005-2009 this intensity decreased by 1.8%/year, with a reverse trend in 2009 (+0.3%). In the same time energy consumption decreased by 0.3%/year (-1.9% in 2009) reaching 143 Mtoe in 2009 (117 Mtoe in 1990, 145 Mtoe in 2005). Electricity consumption per employee in EU-27 increased by 12%, at an annual growth rate of 1.3%, due to increased use of air conditioning in southern countries and of IT and other electrical equipment. This led to an increase in the electricity intensity of the service sector in EU-27 (electricity consumption per unit of value added) of 8% over the period 2000-2009 at an annual growth rate of 0.8% (same annual changes from 2005-2009). From 2005 to 2009 the electricity consumption per employee increased quite more rapidly (+1.1%/year and +3.2% in 2009). The electricity consumption per employee reached 4850 kWh/employee in 2009 (4645 kWh/employee in 2005, 4328 kWh/employee in 1990). [1] Energy intensity at normal climate (i.e. corrected for climatic variations) No publisher pastocin ENER consumption electricity energy ENER024 energy intensity 2012-04-30T14:09:31+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/energy-efficiency-and-energy-consumption-4/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic In the EU-27 countries, energy efficiency in the transport sector increased by 16% between 1990 and 2009,  at an annual average rate of 0.9% due to increased efficiency particularly for passenger cars and airplanes. Over the same period, energy consumption in transport in EU-27 countries increased by 28% at an annual average rate of 1.3% - slower than GDP (1.8%/year). Trends in transport are mainly due to an increasing consumption of air transport (+2.9%/year since 1990) followed by trucks and light vehicles (1.6%/year) and cars (+0.9%/year). On the contrary energy consumption of rail tends to decrease over the period (-0.8%/year).Growth in passengers and freight traffic, together with an observed modal shift from public transport to road transport, contributed to increase the energy consumption in transport, offsetting part of the energy efficiency gains. No publisher iverscar energy consumption ENER consumption energy ENER023 CO2 emissions transport 2012-04-30T14:08:46+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/final-electricity-consumption-by-sector/final-electricity-consumption-by-sector-3?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Over the period 1990-2009 final electricity consumption increased by 26.4% in the EU-27 countries at an average annual growth of around 1.2% per year. In non-EU EEA countries, the electricity consumption increased by 68.3% over the same period, at a much higher annual growth rate of 2.8%. In the EU-27, the strongest growth was observed in the services sector (including agriculture) (66.8%), followed by households (39.0%) and the transport sector (13.2%). The observed increase is the consequence of the attractiveness of electricity as an energy carrier. However, the industrial sector has seen a decrease in electricity consumption compared to 1990 levels (-0.7%). Between 2008 and 2009, however, final electricity consumption decreased by 5.0% in the EU-27 countries and 3.8% in the non-EU EEA countries due to the economic recession. No publisher pastocin ENER consumption electricity energy ENER18 ENER2011 ENER018 2012-04-30T14:03:52+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/change-in-final-consumption-per-4?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Based on the ratio : energy consumption / population (%/year calculated on the period 1990-2008) No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). ENER24 consumption energy ENER2011 ENER024 ENER 2012-04-03T15:37:10+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/energy-intensity-and-unit-consumption-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Unit consumption per employee is the ratio between the energy consumption (total or electricity) and the number of employees (salaries employed in full time). The energy (or electricity) intensity is the ratio between the energy (electricity) consumption and the value added expressed in constant Euros (M€2000) No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). energy consumption energy intensity 2012-04-03T14:36:56+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/consumption-by-mode-eu-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The figure shows the share of energy consumption by mode in total transport in EU-27. Energy consumption for rail, road, water, air and total transport come from Eurostat. The consumption by type of road vehicle is calculated for each type of vehicle from the stock of vehicles and an annual consumption (toe per vehicle, taken as a weighted average of 15 countries for which data are available. No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). energy consumption 2012-04-03T12:55:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/variation-of-the-consumption-per?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Variation of the consumption per dwelling (1990-2009) No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). energy consumption 2012-04-03T08:59:54+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/households-energy-consumption-by-end-uses-5?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Based on the ratio: energy consumption by end uses divided by the number of permanently occupied dwelling. No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). electricity energy heating consumption 2012-04-02T12:35:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/households-energy-consumption-by-end-uses-4?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Share of energy consumption by end uses in total households consumption in percent. No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). households energy consumption 2012-04-02T12:33:16+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/drivers-of-the-change-in-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The energy consumption of households is decomposed in different explanatory effects: change in average dwelling size, increasing number of appliances (more electrical appliances) and central heating diffusion, energy efficiency improvement (as measured from ODEX) and change in behaviour related to more confort. No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). households energy consumption 2012-04-02T12:32:11+01:00 EEAFigure