Survey of actual living conditions and construction of model households for predicting domestic energy consumption: Study on the effects of betwixt mountainous areas upon the areal low carbon dioxide emission, Part1

This paper presents the actual Irving condition and energy consumption for household and daily routine moving in Inami Town. Wakayama Pref. as the target in typical betwixt mountainous through the questionnaire survey. Also the model households for the purpose of evaluating CO ₂ reduction effect of low-carbon measures were constructed based on the information obtained from the survey. According to the questionnaire survey most of seniors around forestry area feel difficulty in daily life and half of them wish to migrate. Concerning theenergyconsumption,householdonlysemorsaroundforestry area consume more primary energy due to characteristics of tiaditonal farmhouse, non-electrified heating and soon. CO₂ emissions per capita which was estimated based on the questionnaire survey, Inami Town compared with the Osaka City as the target in typical urban area, it become about 30% increase from household sector and about 5 times increase from daily routine moving sector. From the point of view of energy consumption and CO₂ reductions, it will be affirmative determination that the elderly of betwixt mountainous regions to emigrate to population concentration district.