The energy demand of agritourism farms in Poland
2018
Roman, M., Warsaw Univ. of Life Sciences (Poland) | Roman, K., Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, Warsaw (Poland)
The purpose of the article was to present the importance of agritourism as a non-agricultural business activity in rural areas. Particular attention has been paid to elements of agritourism innovation, as a basic form of recreation in rural areas. The innovation development can be based on natural resources, cultural heritage of the area and the involvement of institutions and the local community. The sustainable economic development as a part of innovativeness development leads to improvement of the living standard of the rural community. The example of the innovation is usage of heat pumps, which could be placed in rural buildings. Transformation of the energy stored in the ground into thermal energy is the purpose of described devices. The annual total operating costs of space heating in the agritourism farm were also calculated in presented article. Based on the collected data the formula for the energy needs in agritourism facilities was presented. The value of energy demand of agritourism farms in Poland in the years 1998-2015 amounted to 5 035 816.8 TJ.
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