Europe is wasting at least 20 percent of its energy due to inefficiency. One of the goals set by the EU climate and energy package, which became a law last June, is to tap this potential.

Poland is ready for action to save energy, experts attending the First International Energy Saving Forum say. The Polish government has approved a long-term energy policy and the energy efficiency bill is to be passed by the parliament shortly. The bill provides for the implementation of the White Certificates, a system of incentives encouraging energy saving. Poland will be the fourth European country to adopt it.

The biggest savings can be made in transport – through improved organization, and in the building sector, says Professor Krzysztof Zmijewski, an energy expert and the brain behind the Warsaw Forum. A lot of energy can be saved thanks to better thermal insulation and better energy management as well as thermo-refurbishing of the old housing stock, which is in a very poor condition in Poland.