COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF MEASURES TO REDUCE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT EMISSIONS

The article examines Ukraine`s international environmental commitments to reduce atmospheric pollutant emissions, specifically dust, sulfur oxides, and nitrogen oxides. The energy consumption volumes and pollutant emissions across economic sectors were analyzed. It was determined that the industrial sector is the largest source of pollutant emissions, with Manufacturing and Electricity, Gas, Steam, and Air Conditioning Supply leading in both emissions and energy consumption. Three main groups of measures for reducing atmospheric emissions are identified: improving the energy efficiency and energy conservation to achieve fuel savings, substituting high-emission fuels with low-emission or renewable energy sources, and applying pollutant neutralization technologies to mitigate emissions. The proposed comprehensive assessment is intended for the selection of effective technologies for emission reduction. The methodology of the comprehensive assessment includes environmental indicators to ensure compliance with emission limits according to the accepted obligations, economic indicators to evaluate costs related to fuel savings, purification equipment, and emission reduction measures, and energy indicators to assess fuel consumption reductions and additional electricity consumption for purification systems. It is proposed to compare possible options for implementing environmental protection measures using the criterion of minimum costs. The originality of the methodological approach lies in its universality, the possibility of application for assessing measures at various hierarchical levels of the economy: country, type of economic activity, installation. Keywords: emissions of pollutants, types of economic activity, energy saving, assessment of environmental protection measures.