Prakapovich: “We planted a time-delay bomb for the country”

Construction of dwelling houses without taking into account modern energy saving technologies “is a time-delay bomb for our state,” head of the National Bank Pyotr Prakapovich said.

“We are planting a bomb for those we build houses without taking into account modern energy saving technologies,” P. Prakapovich said at the session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday in Minsk during the discussion of fulfilling of Lukashenka’s directive #3 on energy saving, Interfax reports.

By his estimate, in particular, the technologies often used in Belarus go far behind the world ones from the point of view of energy saving. “A house lives for 50-100 years,” the head of the National Bank said, suggesting to think what negative effect for economy may these houses bring in the future. He also emphasised the local authorities and building organisations didn’t want to solve these issues in spite of focusing on this topic.

P. Prakapovich also stressed that this approach in the construction and other spheres would lead to investment and innovation lag.