Ukraine should reduce energy consumption by 5% every year, European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Johannes Hahn has said.

Energy efficiency is one of the key goals of our joint initiatives, he said. Our goal is to improve energy efficiency by 5% every year, Hahn said at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.

He said that Ukraine should focus on energy efficiency measures in private houses.

He said that several previous winters in Ukraine were warm, but this would not last forever.