socio-material consequences of the heating source exchange in gdansk-gdynia-sopot metropolitan area
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Jan FrankowskiDepartment of Economic GeographyUniversity of Gdansk
Contact: [email protected] || +48 694 065 228
Socio-material consequences of the heating source exchange
in Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area
Project was financed from the grant for young researchers (BW 538-G105-B191-16 ) || University of Gdansk
Jan Frankowski, MSc.Department of Economic
GeographyUniversity of Gdansk
e-mail: [email protected]
www: kge.ug.edu.pl
CONTEXT: 39% of Polish apartments are heated through solid fuels…
(National Census 2011)
6 from 10 most polluted cities in Europe are located in Poland…
(EEA 2012)
main aim: to investigate socio-material consequences of the heating
source exchange
Life conditions Health Behaviors Household
budgets
Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area
GDAŃSK
RUSSIA (Kaliningrad Oblast)Baltic Sea
GDYNIA
Number of people: 1.2 MLN (2015)
Heating source exchange – coal stoves were replaced by ecological resources
supported from air quality programmes (2014 – 2016)
n=222
Gas was the most important fuel of energy transition…
84%
4%5%
1% 3% 4%
biomass district heatingheating oil heat pump
solar collectors
n=222
Research design and fieldwork: 9 polygons
June and August 2016 • desk research (project
documentation)• local vision in 9 polygons• survey (N=222)• individual interviews with
inhabitants (N=9)
September 2016• analysis of quantitative data
October 2016• interview with programme
managers
n=222, response rate = 23% (n=50)
local vision (1) – inner city
Source: own materials gathered during local vision
local vision (2) – suburban and residential areas inside towns
Source: own materials gathered during local vision
first results:socio-material consequences of heating source exchange
(life conditions, health, behaviours)
amount of free time
thermal comfort
satisfaction from apartment
house design
outdoor
indoor
fever/cough
respiratory system illness
thinking of savings
possibility of controlling energy bills
fear of the bills
life
cond
ition
sai
r qua
lity
heal
thbe
havi
ours
-100% 0% 100%
93%
76%
72%
64%
73%
72%
33%
29%
49%
49%
20%
Series1 negative lack of changes
It is complicated…
generally – lack of changes
positive changes
very positive changes
n=50
-0.6 p.p.
first results: the impact of energy transition on the percentage of
household’s budgets
+2.5 p.p.
n=9 n=28AVERAGE NET MONTHLY INCOME: 3911 PLN 3816 PLNSTANDARD DEVIATION: 1626 PLN 1157 PLN
before after before aftercoal -> district heating coal -> gas
0%
3%
6%
9%
12%
15%
18%
district heatinggaselectricity
n=37
conclusions
1) According to the first results, energy transition didn’t evoke fuel poverty – most households have smoothly adapted to the new realities.
2) In present shape, air quality programmes generally prefers access-deprived and resourceful, but not truly energy-poor households, so it is not an efficient way to combat fuel poverty.
3) There is a need to use a solution which allows to kick two birds (air quality and energy poverty) with one stone
Jan FrankowskiDepartment of Economic GeographyUniversity of Gdansk
Contact: [email protected] || +48 694 065 228
Thank you for attention!
Jan Frankowski, MSc.Department of Economic
GeographyUniversity of Gdansk
e-mail: [email protected]
www: kge.ug.edu.plProject was financed from the grant for young researchers (BW 538-G105-B191-16 ) || University of
Gdansk