@book{JRC33682, editor = {}, address = {Ispra (Italy)}, year = {2006}, author = {Atanasiu CB}, isbn = {}, abstract = {The status of the electricity end-use consumption is well known for the EU-15, but there is still a lack of information about New Member States (NMS) and Candidate Countries (CC). NMS-10 together with Romania and Bulgaria that is possible to join EU in 2007 represents around a quarter of the population and existing households from EU-15.The household electricity consumption is mainly due to appliances and lighting and in these countries the saving potential is much greater than in the EU-15. The aim of the paper is to show the status of electricity consumption for main appliances and to try to identify the saving potential for these in New Member States and Candidate Countries. }, title = {Major Households Appliances in New Member States and Candidate Countries: Looking for Energy Savings}, url = {}, volume = {}, number = {}, journal = {}, pages = {613-624}, issn = {}, publisher = {European Communities}, doi = {} }