Reducing Carbon Emissions from the Tourist Accommodation Sector on Non-Interconnected Islands: A Case Study of a Medium-Sized Hotel in Rhodes, Greece

Martin Spiller, Corinna Müller, Zara Mulholland, Paraskevi Louizidou, Frithjof C. Küpper, Kevin Knosala and Peter Stenzel
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Martin Spiller: ISATEC GmbH, Rathausstraße 10, 52072 Aachen, Germany
Corinna Müller: ISATEC GmbH, Rathausstraße 10, 52072 Aachen, Germany
Zara Mulholland: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland, UK
Paraskevi Louizidou: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland, UK
Frithjof C. Küpper: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland, UK
Kevin Knosala: Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-3), Techno-Economic Systems Analysis, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Wilhelm-Johnen-Str., 52428 Jülich, Germany
Peter Stenzel: Cologne Institute for Renewable Energy (CIRE), TH Köln, Faculty of Process Engineering, Energy and Mechanical Systems, Betzdorfer Str. 2, 50679 Köln, Germany

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-24

Abstract: Reducing the carbon emissions from hotels on non-interconnected islands (NII) is essential in the context of a low carbon future for the Mediterranean region. Maritime tourism is the major source of income for Greece and many other countries in the region, as well as hot-temperate and tropical regions worldwide. Like many NIIs, Rhodes attracts a high influx of tourists every summer, doubling the island’s energy demand and, given the high proportion of fossil fuels in the Rhodian energy supply, increasing carbon emissions. Using the theoretical framework ‘FINE’, this paper presents the optimisation of a medium-sized hotel’s energy system with the aim of reducing both cost and carbon emissions. By introducing a Photovoltaic (PV) net metering system, it was found that the carbon emissions associated with an NII hotel’s energy system could be reduced by 31% at an optimised cost. It is suggested that large-scale deployment of PV or alternative renewable energy sources (RES) in NII hotels could significantly reduce carbon emissions associated with the accommodation sector in Greece and help mitigate climate change.

Keywords: energy system optimisation; carbon dioxide reduction; tourism; Rhodes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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