This paper explores whether the policy of mitigating climate change through energy-efficient retrofitting supports more balanced development or increases regional disparities. The issue is explored through the estimation of the socioeconomic effects of energy-efficient renovation across Croatian regions. The regional input–output model is applied to identify direct, indirect, and induced effects of building retrofit investments on gross value added and employment. In the Croatian case, over three-quarters of the total economic effects of energy-efficient retrofitting is distributed to the more developed region of Continental Croatia. Economic activity in the Adriatic region is strongly dependent on tourism with insufficient local production of the manufacturing products required in energy renovation projects, and a certain proportion of spillover effect of the investment is transferred to Continental Croatia. The positive economic effects induced by retrofit investments are most present in construction, manufacturing, trade, and transport. Results suggest that climatic conditions and regional economic specialisation have an impact on the dispersion of the economic effects of retrofit measures in different regions.

本文探讨了通过节能改造减缓气候变化的政策是否支持更平衡的发展或增加区域差异。通过对克罗地亚各地区节能改造的社会经济影响的估计，探讨了这个问题。区域投入产出模型用于确定建设改造投资对总增加值和就业的直接、间接和诱发影响。就克罗地亚而言，节能改造的总经济影响的四分之三以上分布在克罗地亚大陆的较发​​达地区。亚得里亚海地区的经济活动严重依赖旅游业，能源改造项目所需的制造业产品的本地生产不足，并将一定比例的投资溢出效应转移到克罗地亚大陆。改造投资带来的积极经济影响主要体现在建筑、制造、贸易和运输领域。结果表明，气候条件和区域经济专业化对不同区域改造措施经济效果的分散度有影响。