Abstract
The purpose of this brief introduction is to take a look into the future relationship between building techniques and energy requirements, and in particular to make an assessment of the possibilities of meeting the total energy requirements in future urban areas by nuclear energy. It relates of course primarily to our own experiences in Sweden. The conditions might be completely different in many respects between Sweden and Great Britain. For one thing climatic conditions are completely different and even within Sweden there is a vast difference between the southern part, including the heavily urbanized areas on the west coast and around Stockholm, and the north of Sweden. Furthermore, the building patterns of the two communities are very different. Blocks of flats are now the dominant feature in Swedish urban areas, and although the proportion of one-family houses is increasing, the total pattern will change very slowly during the coming decades, due to the long lifetime of modern buildings. This is very apparent with regards to the study of the energy-supply systems, since they can never be designed to meet only the new marginal requirements but have to take into account the whole population of older buildings as well.
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