A Panhellenic Social Survey (2018-9) regarding the Quality of Life, Energy Needs and People’s Attitudes towards R.E.S.

Abstract

This Pan-Hellenic Social Survey (2018-2019) covers the attitudes of the people regarding Climate Change, Energy Needs, the Quality of Life of the people, and also their recent attitudes towards the Renewable Energy Sources.It is a well known fact that Hellas is suffering from an economic crisis during the last ten years. As expected, this crisis, has not only immediately affected the economics of each household, but also the quality of life, the comfort conditions and, in consequence, the everyday life of the citizens. It is also very interesting to see how people’s attitudes towards the application of small and large-scale devices of Renewable Energy Sources, i.e. Photovoltaic and Wind generators, change over time.It is at least an intriguing subject to see how people cope with the above mentioned circumstances. Among other research projects our Laboratory, every two years, conducts a similar social research with printed questionnaires regarding the attitudes of Hellenic people towards R.E.S..This specific research presented here is of special interest. It aims at the investigation of how peoples’ attitudes and views towards the Environmental subjects and the use of RES. are affected by the Economic Crisis, and a rather dystopian general future. How serious and important are the environmental issues considered to be when people feel that their everyday life is threatened? This subject is approached through this Pan-Hellenic survey analyzing the data gathered by questionnaires.After an extremely heavy winter, (January 2019), It is very interesting to see how environmental matters are faced in general, regarding energy sources, fuels and related costs during this critical period.But parallel to the above, Hellenic people have to face their household economics, their traditional attitudes towards their environment (both built and natural) and their dependence from imported fuels (oil and gas).The conclusions of this research are important, describing the hellenic people’s attitudes towards quality of life, energy needs, energy poverty, and their attitudes towards R.E.S. and the environment. A large number of areas and cities have been covered, offering a satisfactory image of the subject.