Employment Aspect of Energy Performance Practices in Buildings and Fiscal Policy Proposals for Turkey

Abstract

Energy efficiency practices in buildings can be an important tool in fighting unemployment by creating many new jobs, besides increasing the economic, social and environmental levels of welfare. Therefore, energy-saving measures in buildings constitute a major aspect of energy policies in many developed countries. This study focuses on two main issues. The first of these is the evaluation of the increase in employment resulting from energy efficiency in building measures, and the second is the development of fiscal policy proposals for Turkey by comparing practices applied in Sweden and Greece.