Home, green home: Policies to decarbonise housing

Abstract

HOME, GREEN HOME: POLICIES TO DECARBONISE HOUSINGUnclassified OECD Working Papers should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its member countries. The opinions expressed and arguments employed are those of the author(s).Working Papers describe preliminary results or research in progress by the author(s) and are published to stimulate discussion on a broad range of issues on which the OECD works.Comments on Working Papers are welcomed, and may be sent to the Economics Department. All Economics Department Working Papers are available at www.oecd.org/eco/workingpapers. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.

Decarbonisation and intergovernmental fiscal relations

“…Electrification helps to reduce emissions in this sector by discouraging use of polluting fuels for heating/cooling and the use of appliances. There is also a need to ensure high standards of energy efficiency in new buildings and to retrofit those properties that do not meet acceptable standards based on current regulations (Hoeller et al, 2023). While policies to electrify energy generation fall most often under the purview of national governments, those related to energy efficiency in buildings tend to be joint or exclusive responsibilities of SNGs.…”