ECR presentation by Fereniki Vatavali and Evangelia Chatzikonstantinou

1. Mapping energy poverty in Athens in the context of crisis
Evangelia Chatzikonstantinou, Dr. Architect - Urban Planner
Fereniki Vatavali, Dr. Architect - Urban Planner

2. 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?

3. Population 2011
City of Athens: 664.000 inhabitants
Athens Metropolitan area: approx. 3 million

5. 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

6. City of Athens: Concentration of buildings without insulation, 2011
Source of data: Hellenic Statistical Authority, 2011 National Census

7. City of Athens: Median households’ income, 2011
Source of data: Ministry of Finance

8. City of Athens: Change of domestic consumption of electricity between 2008 and 2015
Source of data: Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator SA

9. 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

10. City of Athens: Concentration of the beneficiaries of the subsidy for the oil gas for heating,
2014
Source of data: Ministry of Finance

11. Photo: K. Glinou & B. Loizidis
Qualitative method – local level
• 23 open-ended semi-structured interviews
• 13 apartment buildings
• snowball sampling method.