• Residents felt cold in the winter (80%)
• Residents warm in the summer (87%)
• 64% needed artificial lighting
• 86% experience drafts from windows and doors
• 66% of the residences have no thermal insulation.

It is seen that residents in Cyprus experience many problems due to the climate and
conditions of Cyprus. The amount of mechanical cooling and heating used in Cyprus is
rising steadily. The best example to follow, as far as non-mechanical cooling and heating is
concerned, are those of traditional homes, which were built without the use of
energy-consuming devices.