<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents an overview of the current situation of awareness of the Latvian citizens in the field of state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies. The authors present a wide range of data obtained as a result of a survey on the attitude of residents to new technologies and readiness to follow the development trends of a smart city.</p><p>The article contains the analysis and recommendations for improving the efficiency of introducing new energy-saving and energy-efficient technologies into each household in order to create the most favourable conditions for the implementation of long-term plans for the development of smart cities in Latvia.</p></abstract>

The article presents an overview of the current situation of awareness of the Latvian citizens in the field of state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies. The authors present a wide range of data obtained as a result of a survey on the attitude of residents to new technologies and readiness to follow the development trends of a smart city.The article contains the analysis and recommendations for improving the efficiency of introducing new energy-saving and energy-efficient technologies into each household in order to create the most favourable conditions for the implementation of long-term plans for the development of smart cities in Latvia.

Introduction Of Energy Saving Principles: Technologies And Awareness, Latvian Experience

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The article presents an overview of the current situation of awareness of the Latvian citizens in the field of state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies. The...

Introduction Of Energy Saving Principles: Technologies And Awareness, Latvian Experience

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 52 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2018-0044

Keywords
citizen awareness, efficient energy use, energy consumption, energy control and management, energy saving technologies, smart city, survey

© 2018 A. Mutule et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Introduction Of Energy Saving Principles: Technologies And Awareness, Latvian Experience

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 52 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2018-0044

Keywordscitizen awareness, efficient energy use, energy consumption, energy control and management, energy saving technologies, smart city, survey

© 2018 A. Mutule et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
citizen awareness, efficient energy use, energy consumption, energy control and management, energy saving technologies, smart city, survey