Liszki, Wieliczka and Nowy Targ are leaders in replacing old furnaces!

Summary of the Air Protection Plan for the Małopolska Region for the first half of 2021.

The Marshal’s Office of the Małopolska Region summarised the activities of municipalities in the implementation of the Air Protection Plan for the Małopolska Region in the first half of the year 2021. Actions in the discussed period were undertaken in our region in 150 municipalities, which in this way reduced emissions from inefficient boilers and furnaces and improved the quality of life of residents.

In the first half of the year, 3 493 inefficient sources of heat for solid fuels were replaced in the Małopolska region. The largest number of old fossil fuels was removed in the municipalities of Liszki (187), Wieliczka (132) and Nowy Targ (V) (116). Most often (2 120 times) residents decided to replace their homes with gas heating, which constitutes 61% of all replacements in the first half of the year. 17% of replacements were biomass boilers complying ecodesign requirements (588 appliances).

By June, 816 inefficient heat sources had been removed or replaced in the so-called ‘Obwarzanek Krakowski’ area. As in the rest of the region, the majority of residents opted to replace their old furnace with a gas-fired heater. (729 furnaces, accounting for 90% of all replacements).

Inhabitants of our region submitted in the first half of 2021 8 691 applications for financing from the Clean Air Programme. Most of them, i.e. as many as 245, were submitted in the gmina of Wieliczka. The second place ex aequo with the number of 221 applications was taken by the communes of Krzeszowice and Myślenice. The third place in terms of the number of submitted applications was taken by Skawina commune (205).