Mapping energy poverty in Athens in the context of crisis

Evangelia Chatzikonstantinou, Dr. Architect - Urban Planner Fereniki Vatavali, Dr. Architect - Urban Planner

Research questions

How is energy deprivation manifested on urban space?

Which are its spatial implications?

What methodological tools could be used for approaching the problem in Athens in the context of the current crisis?

Population 2011

City of Athens: 664.000 inhabitants

Athens Metropolitan area: approx. 3 million

Quantitative method – macroscopic analysis

Elaboration of statistical data in order to produce maps about the building stock, energy consumption,

households’ income and policies against energy poverty.

Source of data •Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)•City of Athens•Region of Attica•Ministry of Finance•Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs•Greek Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A.•Hellenic Fund for Entrepreneurship and Development

City of Athens: Concentration of buildings without insulation, 2011

Source of data: Hellenic Statistical Authority, 2011 National Census

City of Athens: Median households’ income, 2011

Source of data: Ministry of Finance

City of Athens: Change of domestic consumption of electricity between 2008 and 2015

Source of data: Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator SA

City of Athens: Concentration of beneficiaries for free reconnection to the electricity network and free access to electricity per 1000 domestic consumers, Program for Combating Humanitarian Crisis, 2015

Source of data: Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

City of Athens: Concentration of the beneficiaries of the subsidy for the oil gas for heating, 2014

Source of data: Ministry of Finance

Photo: K. Glinou & B. Loizidis

Qualitative method – local level

• 23 open-ended semi-structured interviews

• 13 apartment buildings

• snowball sampling method.