Sources and techniques of domestic heating within TRITIA region

Abstract

The paper presents the balance of energy consumption for domestic heating inOpole and Silesian Voivodship (Poland), divided into various media. The report was based on an analysis of approximately 250 documents containing low-carbon economyplans for individualmunicipalities (gminas). Theauthors compared the current situation in thesevoivodships and theirdistrictswith thestructureof theheatingsysteminPolandasawhole,basedondata fromtheCentralStatisticalOfficeof Poland. The data demonstrate that the use of coal-based energy media has not changed significantly over the years and around 55e60% of households with individual heating systems use this type of media. A much more favourable trend is found in large urban centres, where there is a high proportion of district heating. The most common of the lower-emitting fuels (LPG, natural gas, electricity, heat pumps) is natural gas, and the share of the remaining sources within this group are