Abstract: In the residential sector, biomass offers great potential to achieve the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy for climate and energy. With their policies, the different countries of the EU encourage actions in building stock such as the replacement of boilers with more efficient boilers and a greater use of renewable energy. This article explores the substitution of central fossil fuel boilers (heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas, and natural gas) with central biomass boilers to cover all heating and domestic hot water needs in multi-family build...
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Topics: 
Environmental protection
Natural resource economics
Waste management