Plenary Lecture

The Energy Sustainability Roadmap of Greece

Professor Christopher Koroneos
Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
P.O. Box 483, GR 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract: Energy is essential to economic and social development and improved quality of life. Nevertheless, much of the world’s energy is produced and used in ways that may not be sustainable in the long term. The European Union constitutes one of the world’s largest energy consumers. The EU members include-among others- Germany and Greece, two countries with large disparities/ differences in their energy systems, yet with certain similarities.
The role of indicators that can measure and monitor all the future changes is crucial for the assessment of a country’s progress towards a sustainable energy future as it requires the assessment of a broad range of relevant and interrelated issues that need to be analyzed with quantifiable energy indicators. The object of this paper is to benefit from a set of indicators that can guide necessary modifications to energy planning, in Greece, so as to make its energy system more responsive to sustainable energy development issues. Furthermore, more specific targets are the monitoring of Greece’s progress towards the development of sustainable energy systems during the last decade, compared to this of Germany’s. Finally we aim to point out the applicability and utility of an environmental friendly energy system through a statistical analysis.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Christopher Koroneos is a Chemical Engineer. He earned his PhD, Msc and BSc., all at Columbia University in the City of New York in USA, where he also taught for eight years. Presently he is teaching at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Western Macedonia. He is also a visiting professor at the National Technical University of Athens at the Graduate Program “Environment and Development”. His research activities include Life Cycle Assessment, Renewable Energy Systems, Environmental Systems Analysis and Design, and Exergy Analysis. He has more than 200 publications in scientific journals and scientific conferences. He is participating in many European research programs and committees.