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Evaluating CO2 Emissions from Public and Private Sector at Local Level in Albania
Meivis Struga1, Oltion Marko2 and Megi Caushaj3
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5298/2025.06.001
1. Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Tirana 1001, Albania 2. Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Tirana 1001, Albania 3. Industrial Chemistry Department, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Tirana, Tirana 1001, Albania
The paper aims to provide insight on the level of energy consumption and carbon emission per each sector. The municipality of Roskovec is located in the south part of Albania and has a total population of 32,990 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 118 km2. The research contributes in identifying the main source of emissions and categorizes them according their weight. The methodology used in the reseach is based on the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) methodology by considering the activity and the emission factors. In line with the methodology, the study has considered the main sectors building, transport, waste and agriculture. The municipality of Roskovec has in total 42 municipal objects including kindergardens, municipality buildings, cultural buildings etc. The main results show that the transport sector accounts the highest part of the energy consumption and GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions with the a total 51 GW energy consumption or 13,212 ton-CO2. The second sector after the transport is the building sector with 45.5 GW followed by waste and waste water. Based on the existing data, the municipality shall work in the replacement of the existing caris with electrical ones and secondly invest in building renovation of the private and public sector.
Climate change mitigation, carbon emissions, carbon accounting, public services.
Evaluating CO2 Emissions from Public and Private Sector at Local Level in Albania,Meivis Struga, Oltion Marko and Megi Caushaj,Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering A 14 (2025) 257-261
doi:10.17265/2162-5298/2025.06.001
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