Presented the results of calculations of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere from heat sources and their comparison with the permissible values for Lake Baikal basins. The ecological ranging of the territory made it possible to determine the areas of greatest emissions: Slyudyansky, North Baikal and the town of Severobaikalsk. As potential directions to reduce anthropogenic impact from heat source proposed: improving the system for cleaning off gases: transition to more environmentally friendly energy carrier medium, as well as renewable energy sources. For each of the directions of environmental protection measures, the areas of rational use were identified and the reduction of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere during their implementation. Considered only the possible environmental effect from the introduction of particular direction to reduce the impact on the atmosphere of thermal power facilities, without taking into account the technical and economic assessment of environmental measures, the identification of legislative measures, the development of preferential tariffs, energy prices and other financial and economic mechanisms.

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the requirements of geoecology to energy, related to the need to preserve a productive natural environment for present and future generations of people, it is proposed to use the concept of -quality of life‖. Definitions of the basic concepts of geoecology, related to studies of the impact of energy on the geoecology of the region, are given. Examples of ontologies reflecting the main interrelationships of energy and geoecology are given. For clarity, ontologies are presented in a graphical form, executed using the toolkit CmapTools

The object of the study is energy facilities located in the coastal areas of Lake Baikal. The impact on the environment in this territory is of particular importance due to the natural uniqueness and special conditions for economic activity. The paper shows that coal-fired boiler houses are the main sources of impact on the environment. The total calculated emission from energy objects is 24.5 thousand t/year. In the composition of pollutants, particulate matter predominates. The total mass of ash and slag waste from energy objects is 79.8 thousand t/year. An analysis of the main environmental problems caused by the operation of the energy objects in the central ecological zone has allowed us to make a list of recommendations for their elimination. For large boilers houses, the main direction is the reconstruction and modernization of equipment, for small ones - the transition to alternative energy sources: natural gas and electricity. Under current conditions, the solution of the environmental problems in the energy sector is to sort the coal and substitute the boilers for highly efficient automated ones, which will improve the fuel combustion conditions and reduce its consumption.

The paper presents a brief description of the municipal coal-fired boiler plants of the central ecological zone and estimation of the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere. The intensity and volume of emissions depend on many factors. These are the capacity and efficiency of the boiler units, the amount of fuel consumed and its physicochemical properties, the type of furnace and the degree of flue gas cleaning. The study indicates that 25% of the total emissions from coal-fired boilers is produced by the energy sources with manually - loaded boilers with a unit capacity of up to 1 Gcal/hr without flue gas cleaning systems. The paper presents the main ways to reduce the emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere from heat production. The best available technologies for reducing emissions into the atmosphere and reducing waste generation are reviewed with a focus on preliminary fuel preparation and cleaning, technological measures and the installation of flue gas cleaning systems. Recommendations on their application in coal-fired small-capacity boiler plants in the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory are given.