This podcast episode sheds light on the urgent need to reduce energy consumption from buildings, highlighting energy efficiency, electrification, and decarbonization as key strategies. It also emphasizes the need for government policies and consumer choices to promote energy-efficient construction and renovation. Moreover, it delves into the concept of prosumer buildings and virtual power plants as means to integrate decentralized, clean energy sources into the electricity grid, facilitating peer-to-peer trading and optimizing demand and supply. The episode stresses the potential of buildings to store energy and participate actively in the energy system, calling for investments, policy changes, and a new perspective on the role of buildings in the energy landscape.
