Assessment of the quality of housing stock in Belgrade according to energy consumption

Abstract

Assessing the housing quality of existing residential buildings is always a topical issue for research, because the built housing stock is a constantly growing resource whose structure, quality of construction, and compliance with modern housing requirements, largely define housing comfort. On the other hand, modern society recognizes that energy savings are a prerequisite for responsible behavior towards future generations, which, given the dominant consumption in the field of housing, puts the focus on the residential buildings stock. Given the fact that numerous buildings that make up the housing stock of Belgrade were built at a time when there were no regulations on thermal insulation and in most cases no energy improvements were made, we can talk about a significant resource that "wastes" energy whose renovation can lead to significant energy savings. The paper will analyze model buildings, which by their structural characteristics represent characteristic periods of construction of residential buildings, and based on the obtained data, conclusions will be made about the quality of the housing stock from the point of view of energy consumption.