Housing Stock Renovation Program Implementation Impact on the Carbon Footprint of the City of Moscow

Number of journal: 6-2026
Autors:

Shubin I.L.,
Vasilyev G.P.,
Umnyakova N.P.,
Gornov V.F.,
Kolesova M.V.,
Dmitriev A.N.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31659/0044-4472-2026-6-49-54
УДК: 624

 

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The article presents the assessing results of the Housing Stock Renovation Program impact on the carbon footprint of the city of Moscow, carried out in 2022–2023 by order of the Urban Development Policy Department. The Program, launched in 2017, provides for the demolition of 5,176 multi-apartment buildings (MABs) constructed in 1928–1974 and the new buildings with an enhanced level of thermal protection construction. The study was based on comparative analysis of buildings specific energy consumption. Statistical processing was performed on data of the actual energy consumption of 314 MABs of demolished series and 100 MABs constructed under the renovation program, adjusted to the climatic conditions of the 2022/2023 season. It was found that the thermal energy for heating, ventilation, and hot water supply annual consumption for MABs of demolished series is 290 kWh/m2, and for those built under the renovation program: 126 kWh/m2; the electrical energy consumption: 20 and 55 kWh/m2, respectively. Efficiency of primary energy usage in the Moscow energy system was the key criterion for carbon footprint assessment. Calculations showed that the annual primary energy savings amountwas up to 173 kWh/m2, which ensures reduction in CO2 emission of 0.033 t/m2. The emission reduction for 50-story building over a 30-year cycle reaches 21,662 tons of CO2, which is equivalent to a “virtual” park of 190 hectares absorption capacity. The results confirm the high environmental efficiency of the Housing Stock Renovation Program implementation.
I.L. SHUBIN1, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Corresponding Member of the RAACS, Professor,Honored Builder of Russia, Director (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
G.P. VASILYEV1,2,3, Doctor of Sciences (Engineeer), Chief Researcher, Scientific Supervisor, Professor, Honorary Builder of Russia (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
N.P. UMNYAKOVA1, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Deputy Director for Research (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
V.F. GORNOV1,2, Head of Laboratory, Director of the Project Department (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
M.V. KOLESOVA1,2, Senior Researcher, Deputy General Director for Sustainable Development (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
A.N. DMITRIEV4, Doctor of Science (Engineering), Honored Builder of Russia, Professor (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

1 Scientific-Research Institute of Building Physics of the Russian Academy Architecture and Construction Sciences(21, Lokomotivniy Driveway, Moscow, 127238, Russian Federation)
2 JSC «INSOLAR-INVEST» (32-3B, B. Filevskaya Street, Moscow, 121433, Russian Federation)
3 National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (26, Yaroslavskoe Highway, Moscow, 129337, Russian Federation)
4 Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (36, Stremyanny lane, Moscow,115054, Russian Federation)

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For citation: Shubin I.L., Vasilyev G.P., Umnyakova N.P., Gornov V.F., Kolesova M.V., Dmitriev A.N. Housing stock renovation program Implementation Impact on the Carbon Footprint of the City of Moscow. Zhilishchnoe Stroitel'stvo [Housing Construction]. 2026. No. 6, pp. 49–54. (In Russian).https://doi.org/10.31659/0044-4472-2026-6-49-54


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