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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/eri.2015.3.1.011

Sustainable energy action plans of medium-sized municipalities in north Greece  

Lymperopoulos, Konstantinos A. (Department of Production Engineering and Management, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Engineering)
Botsaris, Pantelis N. (Department of Production Engineering and Management, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Engineering)
Angelakoglou, Komninos (Department of Production Engineering and Management, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Engineering)
Gaidajis, Georgios (Department of Production Engineering and Management, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Engineering)
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Advances in Energy Research / v.3, no.1, 2015 , pp. 11-30 More about this Journal
Abstract
The covenant of Mayors initiative includes the commitment of the municipalities-signatories to reduce voluntarily the greenhouse gas emissions over 20--- by 2020 within their boundaries and obligates them to develop and submit an energy consumption analysis and a sustainable energy action plan within a year from the adhesion. The present paper discusses the energy profile of three medium-sized north-eastern Greek Municipalities (Kavala-MoK, Alexandroupolis-MoA, Drama-MoD) through the analysis of their municipal energy balance. The results of the total final energy consumption per capita include 14.10MWh/capita, 14.24MWh/capita and 12.91MWh/capita for MoK, MoA and MoD respectively. The analysis highlighted the increased energy consumption of the private sectors, namely residential and tertiary building sand private transport. The assessment of the municipalities' energy profiles along with examination of national regulations and action plans and investigation of best available practices within the Covenant of Mayors shaped the development of the sustainable energy action plans of the examined municipalities that is presented in this paper. The proposed pathway towards low-carbon municipalities can be considered a representative case study and a starting point for other municipalities with similar characteristics.
Keywords
municipal energy planning energy; consumption analysis; policy development;
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