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The indicator presents the development in the number of households and population, size, number, average floor area and age of dwellings, and the average number of persons in a dwelling. A dwelling is any structurally unified whole intended for residence, with one or more rooms, with or without appropriate utility spaces (kitchen, bathroom, toilet, anteroom, larder, etc.) and with at least one separate entrance. Account has been taken of all occupied and unoccupied dwellings and dwellings for occasional use (definition by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia). All premises that are intended for habitation in various buildings (apartment blocks, skyscrapers, individual houses, etc.) are included. |
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Image PG3-1: Development in the number of dwellings
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Population Census from 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002; Balance of the dwelling stock (after 2003).
Image PG3-2: Size of dwellings
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia ; Dwelling completed by number of rooms and useful floor space by municipalities of Slovenia, annual, 2009.
Image PG3-3: Number of dwellings, average floor area and average number of persons in a dwelling
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Census of the Population, Households and Dwellings 2002; Balance of the dwelling stock, 2009
Image PG3-4: Age of dwellings
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Census of the Population, Households and Dwellings 2002; Completed dwellings, annual(2009)
Image PG3-5: Number of completed dwellings in Slovenia in 2008
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Construction of dwellings and dwelling stock, Slovenia, 2008 (July 06, 2009, First Release )
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• to promote the improvement of the energy performance of buildings by considering external climatic and local conditions and internal climatic requirements and cost effectiveness;
• to promote technological development in the field of building and other materials, builder's joinery, energy technologies and systems, information technologies, etc. |
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Dwellings and dwelling-related construction affect the environment during their construction, during use and afterwards. During construction, this is mainly due to the use of natural resources for various building materials and products and energy supply. During the use of dwellings, the environment is affected by the consumption of electric energy and fossil fuels used for heating and warm water. Following the use of dwellings, the environment is burdened with waste materials. In Slovenia, waste building materials present one sixth of all waste generated. In Slovenia, the number of dwellings is growing faster than the population number. Between 1971 and 2008, the number of dwellings increased by 74%, and the population number increased by a mere 18%. One half of all dwellings were built in 1971. According to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, there were 830 thousand dwellings by the end of 2008. In 2008, most dwellings were completed in Central Slovenia (31% of all), mainly in Ljubljana (1,561, 685 in 2007), Škofljica (330) and Vrhnika (163). A somewhat smaller number of dwellings were completed in the Podravje region (20% of all), mainly in Maribor (898) and Slovenska Bistrica (185). The smallest number of dwellings was completed in the Zasavje region (1% of all). Similar to the previous years, most of the dwellings completed in 2008 were obtained by new construction (97%). Primarily large dwellings are constructed. In 2008, 43% of dwellings having four rooms or more were completed. In 2008, the average dwelling size was 77m2. In cities, where half of all dwellings are located, their average size is 71m2. In rural settlements, dwellings are on average a good 10m2 larger than dwellings in urban settlements. Since 2004, the average dwelling size per person has exceeded 30m2 per person, and the average number of persons in a dwelling has been 2.5. In 2008, 20% of dwellings had no central heating, and 7% of dwellings did not have a bathroom. Many dwellings (houses and apartment blocks) had extremely poor or no insulation. Most dwellings don’t have a heat meter to control the temperature in rooms. The remote heating systems are often not adjusted to the weather conditions (changes in the heating temperature with regard to the warmer weather), nor are they adjusted to the requirements of individual dwelling units (better insulation, the number of rooms, etc.). In the last decade, new technologies and the efficiency of heating devices have become more widespread and the number and size of dwellings have increased simultaneously. The Study by the European Environment Agency (Environmental Pressures from European Consumption and Production, 2009; according to the Eurostat data for the selected countries) has shown that the construction of dwellings including infrastructure contributes 0.8 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per person and uses 4.3 tons of natural resources per person, mainly for the production of cement, glass, bricks, steel, aluminium, etc. However, from the social and economic viewpoint, construction presents an important source of employment. In Europe it covers 5-10% of employment or 5-15% of the Gross National Product of the country. |
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Data for Slovenia:
Objectives summarized by: Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings, and the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for the period 2008-2016.
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