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Fig. 7 Number of policies by instrument type (1990 - 2010). Source own work based on IEA [ 37 ]

Fig. 8 Number of policy instruments by target sub-domains (1990 - 2010). Source own work
based on IEA [ 37 ]

Building-related regulations, the most widely disseminated residential-related
policy interventions over the period analysed, are characterised by the large-scale
introduction of economic, regulatory and information and education instruments.
Notwithstanding, lighting and appliance-related regulations have both more than
doubled since 2006. For lighting-related policies, regulatory instruments seem to be
preferred, while information and education tools, such as residential performance
labelling, are the most widely implemented policy instruments in appliance-related
regulations. Nevertheless, as stressed above, there have been dramatic increases in
all six policy types in all the policy target areas analysed since the mid-2000s, more
and more in co-occurrence with other instruments.