In 2003, in the structure of implementation of energy-saving technologies in the region, only 15 percent of measures fell to the housing and communal services sector. Moreover, in the structure of obtaining savings, only 9 percent fell to this sector. Such data was made public today at public hearings on the problems of housing and communal services of the region by the deputy of the department of industry, energy, transport and communications of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondaruk.\nThus, according to the Energy Saving Program adopted at the regional level in the region, it was expected that the share of measures for the implementation of energy-saving technologies of housing and communal services enterprises would be about 60 percent. In reality, the largest economic effect of measures in 2003 was recorded in the industry and agriculture sectors.\nVolodymyr Bondaruk also noted that the average norm for the production of 1 GCal of energy in the Volyn region is 170 kg of standard fuel, while the government norm is approved at the level of 143 kg of standard fuel. As Volodymyr Bondaruk reported, in Ukraine there are boiler houses that are capable of spending 149-150 kg of standard fuel for energy production. Therefore, reducing energy costs for housing and communal services enterprises is vitally necessary to reduce the cost of the tariff itself for the services provided.\nReference: in 2003, energy-saving technologies worth UAH 43.8 million were introduced in Volyn. The economic effect from their implementation amounted to UAH 23 million.\nIn the Volyn region, there are 100 enterprises operating in the field of housing and communal services. The turnover of funds in the housing and communal services of the region is UAH 2 billion per year. The debt owed to housing and communal services enterprises of the region is UAH 63.3 million, UAH 42 million of which is owed by the population and UAH 4 million by the State Budget for subsidies and grants.\n