TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Spiller, Martin
A1  - Müller, Corinna
A1  - Mulholland, Zara
A1  - Louizidou, Paraskevi
A1  - Küpper, Frithjof C.
A1  - Knosala, Kevin
A1  - Stenzel, Peter
ED  - Gontikaki, Evina
T1  - Reducing Carbon Emissions from the Tourist Accommodation Sector on Non-Interconnected Islands: A Case Study of a Medium-Sized Hotel in Rhodes, Greece
JF  - Energies
N2  - 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.
KW  - Tourismus
KW  - Energy System Optimisation
KW  - Varbon Dioxide Reduction
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Rhodes
Y1  - 2022
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:832-epub4-20002
SN  - 1996-1073
SS  - 1996-1073
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103801
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103801
VL  - 15
IS  - 10
SP  - 24
S1  - 24
PB  - MDPI
ER  -