Financial crisis and energy consumption: A household survey in Greece

Santamouris, M.; Paravantis, John A.; Founda, Dimitra; Κολοκότσα, Δ.; Michalakakou, Panagiota; Papadopoulos, Agis M.; Kontoulis, Nikoletta; Tzavali, Anna; Stigka, Eleni K.; Ioannidis, Zisis C.; Mehilli, Amantin; Matthiessen, Alexander; Servou, Eirini

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.06.024

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“…However, as with all long-term studies of this nature, the biggest difficulties are due to confounding factors other than temperature such as energy prices, socioeconomic development and adaptation (Kyselý and Plavcová, 2012). In a pertinent recent example, Santamouris et al (2013) investigated the relationship between economic crisis and energy consumption in Greece, which resulted in a 37% reduction in consumption than expected.…”

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Critique and suggested modifications of the degree days methodology to enable long‐term electricity consumption assessments: a case study in Birmingham, UK

Azevedo

Chapman

Muller

2015

Meteorological Applications

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ABSTRACT:Energy consumption and outdoor ambient temperatures are inherently related. Low temperatures increase consumption via space heating, whereas high temperatures result in increased demand for refrigeration and air conditioning. A common approach used for investigating this relationship in detail is via the calculation of heating and cooling degree days. Starting with a critical review of studies in the scientific literature that have used this technique, this study highlights a range of limitations with the methodology, particularly with respect to standardization, which potentially hinder the utility of the technique in climate change risk assessments. Using an analysis of electricity consumption in Birmingham, UK, as an example, this study calls for a standardization of the approach via the use of a universal base temperature calculated using average outdoor air temperatures. Adoption of this measure will not only enable meaningful comparisons to be made across regions, but will also permit a more robust means to account for acclimatization in longer term analyses such as that required by climate change risk assessments. This is demonstrated in this study by coupling the existing degree days methodology with a temporal analogue.

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Critique and suggested modifications of the degree days methodology to enable long‐term electricity consumption assessments: a case study in Birmingham, UK

Azevedo

Chapman

Muller

2015

Meteorological Applications

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“…The incapacity of cities to integrate in their resilience plans the needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized in the urban community is discussed in [58]. Urban areas with weak governance systems-as a result of political instability, immature local government structures, lack of services of metropolitan character, limited coordination between the public and private sectors, exclusion of climate change from the local or central government political agenda, favoring of short-term, over long-term, planning, etc.-demonstrate limited capacity to introduce resilience in urban planning [59].…”

Section: Strategic Urban Planning For Climate Changementioning

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Building Resilient Cities to Climate Change

Santamouris

Cartalis

2015

Future City Architecture for Optimal Living

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Several publications have been made regarding the state of the environment in cities, especially in light of new challenges such as climate change [1][2][3][4][5][6]. In particular the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) speaks about the urgent need to build resilient cities to natural hazards and prioritizes the development of resilience plans by local authorities, especially with respect to climate change and the associated impacts to local societies [3]. In the same wavelength, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) [5] refers to the increasing burden to local societies due to climate change and claims that the occurrence of extreme weather events, with the potential to affect cities, has not only increased since its latest assessment [4], but is also estimated to further increase in the following years. IPCC [5] also refers to the impacts of climate change to cities, mostly in terms of the increase of temperature, as well as of the occurrence of tropical days and heat waves. The European Environment Agency (EEA) in its publication on the impacts of climate change [6] also refers to the impact of climate change in the European continent and combines the increase of heat waves in Europe and the spatial and temporal enhancement of thermal heat islands in several European cities, to the urbanization trend in Europe (80 % of the population is expected to live in cities by 2020), and to the vulnerability of the population, especially elderly people.

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“…Significant attention needs to be given to efforts towards the reduction of mortality during heatwaves and very hot days, along with efforts towards the amelioration of fuel poverty and impacts on low-income families due to heat stress [62][63][64].…”

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Mortality Associated with High Ambient Temperatures, Heatwaves, and the Urban Heat Island in Athens, Greece

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Climate change looms as the biggest threat of the 21st century, and its effect on urban mortality is exacerbated by urban heat islands. This study analyzes the impact of high temperatures, heatwaves, and the urban heat island on the cardiovascular and respiratory mortality of people over 65 years of age for the years 2002 to 2012. The area of application is Athens, Greece, an urban agglomeration experiencing an urban heat island of high intensity. The correlation of the daily cardiovascular and respiratory mortality count of people over 65 years of age with various temperature measures confirmed a U-shaped exposure response curve, with fewer deaths in the range of moderate temperatures. At high and very high temperatures, this mortality increased by 20% to 35% correspondingly, at a 99.9% significance level. Mortality was further investigated with ordinary least squares, Poisson, and negative binomial times series models, which, although suffering from poor fit, showed a one-day lag for the maximum temperature effect on mortality. Finally, cluster analysis for observations confined to May to September, confirmed by multiple discriminant analysis, showed the existence of six clusters, with the highest excess mortality count of 23% for the cluster that included the hottest days and 20.6% for the heatwave cluster. To this end, it is recommended that policies target high ambient temperatures and heatwaves as a priority.

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Financial crisis and energy consumption: A household survey in Greece

Cited by 119 publications

References 34 publications

Critique and suggested modifications of the degree days methodology to enable long‐term electricity consumption assessments: a case study in Birmingham, UK

Critique and suggested modifications of the degree days methodology to enable long‐term electricity consumption assessments: a case study in Birmingham, UK

Building Resilient Cities to Climate Change

Mortality Associated with High Ambient Temperatures, Heatwaves, and the Urban Heat Island in Athens, Greece

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