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**Maximum use of biomass in Haapaniemi CHP plant does not alter the health effects due the PM2.5 emissions of that plant as compared to BAU | **Maximum use of biomass in Haapaniemi CHP plant does not alter the health effects due the PM2.5 emissions of that plant as compared to BAU | ||
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What are the most beneficial ways from public health point of view to reduce GHG emissions in Kuopio? The target of 40 % GHG reduction seems realistic due to reforms in Haapaniemi power plant, expecting that GHG emissions for biomass = 0. |
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Scope
Question
What are potential climate policies that reach the greenhouse emission targets in the city of Kuopio for years 2010-2030? What are their effects on health and well-being, and what recommendations can be given based on this? The national greenhouse emission target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 % between 1990 and 2020; the city of Kuopio has its own, more ambitious target of 40 % for the same time period.
Boundaries
- Time: Year 2010 - 2030
- Spatial: Activities in Kuopio, Finland. Health and well-being effects due to policies anywhere, e.g. fine particle emissions in Kuopio increase cardiovascular mortality all over Finland.
Scenarios
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Intended users
- The city of Kuopio.
- Other cities in Urgenche.
- Urgenche researchers are users from the methodological point of view.
Participants
- Main participants:
- City of Kuopio: Erkki Pärjälä
- THL: Marjo Niittynen, Jouni Tuomisto, Matti Jantunen.
- Other participants:
- University of Exeter
- Universität Stuttgart
- Other Urgenche research groups
- Other Urgenche cities
Answer
Conclusions
The target of 40 % GHG reduction seems realistic due to reforms in Haapaniemi power plant, expecting that GHG emissions for biomass = 0.
Results
- Energy production
- Maximum use of biomass in Haapaniemi CHP plant does not alter the health effects due the PM2.5 emissions of that plant as compared to BAU
- Other..
Rationale
Policies
- Plausible climate change policies in Kuopio can be found in detail at Climate change policies in Kuopio
- Major policies/aims
- Compared to 1990, 40% reduction in total GHG emissions in Kuopio by 2020.
- Compared to 2005, 9% reduction in city´s own energy use by 2016.
- Major policies/aims
Specific actions - real and potential
- Energy production
- New power plant unit in Haapaniemi: ability to use significantly more biomass in the production of district heat (2014)
- Enhancement of dispersed energy production with biofuels
- Wide scale transition to renewable energy sources in heating
- Building stock
- Energy efficiency of buildings is increased: new stricter building regulations in Finland (2/2013)
- Education to building owners and managers: semblance of best practicies in heating and other use of energy. Possible reduction in energy use of building stock is about 10%, and mere beneficial health effects are expected.
- Land use and transport
- If possible, PM emissions and noise are calculated based on updated version of Kuopio´s traffic network
- Alternatively, the effect of increased use of biofuels on GHG and CO2 emissions is evaluated.
- Possibilities of rail traffic in Kuopio
- Other...
Indicators
- Cardiovascular mortality
- Pulmonar mortality
- Well-being...
Who are the stakeholders in the assessment Climate change policies and health in Kuopio and what are their values (i.e., what variables do they want to optimize)? Result is a weight factor for a multi-criteria decision analysis (see e.g. Weighted product model).
| Obs | Stakeholder | Variable | Cell | Model | Result | Description |
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| 1 | City of Kuopio | Greenhouse gas emissions in Kuopio | Sector: Total | Weighted sum | 1 | |
| 2 | Citizens | Greenhouse gas emissions in Kuopio | Sector: Total | Weighted product | 0.5 | |
| 3 | Citizens | Health impacts of climate policies in Kuopio | Sector: Total | Weighted product | 0.5 | |
| 4 | Budget office of Kuopio | City budget total | Weighted sum | 1 |
Assessment-specific data
- Received
- Building registry
- Use of electricity by building type
- Use of district heat by contract
- Fuels and emissions of Haapaniemi CHP plant
- Regional plan on public transport
- To be gathered
- Amount of building stock renovated per year
- Amount of new building stock per year
- Updated data on fuels and emissions of Haapaniemi CHP plant
- Updated traffic network model?
- Energy consumption in some of city´s own buildings before and after renovation
See also
- Kuopion kaupunginhallitus 8.10.2012: Kuopion ja Siilinjärven joukkoliikennesuunnitelma (Kuopio public transport plan)
- Laskureita hiilijalanjäljen arviointiin ja seurantaan (Carbon footprint calculators): SYNERGIA, JUHILAS, Ilmastodieetti, KASVENER, KUHILAS, Y-HIILARI
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