Optimizing the Knowledge on Residential Heating Characteristics in Greece via Crowd-Sourcing Approach
Households have been pointed out as a significant source of air pollution and climate change. In Europe, the 60% of energy used by households is for space heating. The present work focuses on improving the knowledge on residential heating characteristics in Greece. The full causal chain, from the ap...
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| description | Households have been pointed out as a significant source of air pollution and climate change. In Europe, the 60% of energy used by households is for space heating. The present work focuses on improving the knowledge on residential heating characteristics in Greece. The full causal chain, from the appliances used to the pollutants emitted, is examined at thelocal scale. A crowdsourcing approach was followed for the collection of the necessary data for performing the emissions calculations. With the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS), dynamic maps were produced for each Greek region, providing the information produced in this study in gridded form. In terms of energy demands, it was found that Greece relies mainly on oil and biomass and secondarily on gas and electricity. The use of biomass burning as a main heating fuel is quite high inthe colder and rural areas, while it is popular as a secondary heating fuel inthe urban areas. The residential heating period in Greece lasts from October to April and it is even shorter in southern Greece. In terms of emissions, CO and PM10 had the highest values since they are related to biomass burning. NOx emissions are mainly emitted by the oil burned in boilers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30d99c579e7a41d3bb3af54ee185fe6b2023-11-22T12:00:26ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332021-09-01129117810.3390/atmos12091178Optimizing the Knowledge on Residential Heating Characteristics in Greece via Crowd-Sourcing ApproachKyriaki-Maria Fameli0Katerina Papagiannaki1Vassiliki Kotroni2Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 152 36 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 152 36 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 152 36 Athens, GreeceHouseholds have been pointed out as a significant source of air pollution and climate change. In Europe, the 60% of energy used by households is for space heating. The present work focuses on improving the knowledge on residential heating characteristics in Greece. The full causal chain, from the appliances used to the pollutants emitted, is examined at thelocal scale. A crowdsourcing approach was followed for the collection of the necessary data for performing the emissions calculations. With the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS), dynamic maps were produced for each Greek region, providing the information produced in this study in gridded form. In terms of energy demands, it was found that Greece relies mainly on oil and biomass and secondarily on gas and electricity. The use of biomass burning as a main heating fuel is quite high inthe colder and rural areas, while it is popular as a secondary heating fuel inthe urban areas. The residential heating period in Greece lasts from October to April and it is even shorter in southern Greece. In terms of emissions, CO and PM10 had the highest values since they are related to biomass burning. NOx emissions are mainly emitted by the oil burned in boilers.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/9/1178householdair pollutionGreeceresidential heating emissionspublic participationGIS |
| spellingShingle | Kyriaki-Maria Fameli Katerina Papagiannaki Vassiliki Kotroni Optimizing the Knowledge on Residential Heating Characteristics in Greece via Crowd-Sourcing Approach Atmosphere householdair pollution Greece residential heating emissions public participation GIS |
| title | Optimizing the Knowledge on Residential Heating Characteristics in Greece via Crowd-Sourcing Approach |
| title_full | Optimizing the Knowledge on Residential Heating Characteristics in Greece via Crowd-Sourcing Approach |
| title_fullStr | Optimizing the Knowledge on Residential Heating Characteristics in Greece via Crowd-Sourcing Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimizing the Knowledge on Residential Heating Characteristics in Greece via Crowd-Sourcing Approach |
| title_short | Optimizing the Knowledge on Residential Heating Characteristics in Greece via Crowd-Sourcing Approach |
| title_sort | optimizing the knowledge on residential heating characteristics in greece via crowd sourcing approach |
| topic | householdair pollution Greece residential heating emissions public participation GIS |
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