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The purpose of this work is to conduct debate on aspects that interconnect energy efficiency of insulation projects and human behavioural aspects. The objective of this paper is to describe the significant difference between energy as a physical phenomenon and the usage of energy for the good and profit of the consumer as the human behaviour and perception of energy inevitably should be taken into consideration while elaborating governmental strategies and performing energy efficient insulation projects. Insight i...

Final energy consumption in Latvian households fluctuated massively because of serious political and social changes in the country between 1990 and 2015; this study explores why final energy consumption trends in Latvia during the last decades, meanwhile in Europe is the opposite situation observed. This paper investigates the downward trend in average household energy consumption of the last 30 years and shows the impact of social factors towards energy consumption. The method applied portrays factors such as lev...