Fuel Poverty and Government Response

Examining the relationship between energy poverty and measures of deprivation

“…Whilst this demonstrated that there is a relationship between the two concepts, it is also showed that utilising deprivation measures as a proxy for likelihood of energy poverty existence is unlikely to result in accurate identification of fuel poor homes. This is in line with the current (Burlinson et al, 2018;Fahmy et al, 2011) and historic (Boardman, 1991;Campbell, 1993) literature. Exploration of the English House Condition Surveys shows that private rental houses are more likely to fail to meet the minimum housing standards set out in the Decent Homes Standard (Kemp, 2011) than social housing.…”

“…In order to validate the assertions made in the literature (Boardman, 1991;Bradshaw and Hutton, 1983;Campbell, 1993;Hills, 2012;Palmer et al, 2008), that energy poverty is a distinct issue from that of general deprivation, this study compared deprivation as identified in the IMD, and measures of energy poverty from sub regional Energy poverty statistics. By applying bivariate correlational analysis to variables contained within these datasets, it was possible to explore the relationship between the two concepts at different geographical areas of interest.…”

Energy poverty in the European Union: landscapes of vulnerability

“…For a long time, politicians and scientists alike failed to recognize that a unique set of issues existed at the intersection of these two domains. A government minister in the UK infamously claimed that ‘people do not talk of “clothes poverty” or “food poverty” and I do not think that it is useful to talk of “fuel poverty” either’ (Ref 2, p. 58). The establishment of a clear ‘fuel poverty’ definition in the British academic and decision‐making polity can therefore be considered a pioneering achievement: Not only did it necessitate the creation of new state policy, but it also opened the path for scientific debate over the causes, components, symptoms, and consequences of domestic energy deprivation that mattered when stipulating what the condition entails.…”

“…Other ECE states have also been the subject of scientific attention in the field of domestic energy deprivation. The expansion of energy poverty in Bulgaria has been documented using interview and national household survey data, and with reference to EU and national policies; part of the context for such work stems from the fact that in addition to having some of the highest rates of households reporting inadequate domestic thermal comfort in the SILC survey, this country has also implemented extensive energy privatization and liberalization reforms during the past 15 years . Developing the theme of housing and heating ‘entrapment’ in the Hungarian case, researchers have highlighted ‘the importance of a household's physical and institutional settings for the likelihood of fuel poverty’ (Ref 57, p. 7).…”

From Fuel Poverty to Energy Vulnerability: The Importance of Services, Needs and Practices.

“…The recognition of 'fuel poverty' as a significant systemic problem is best established in academic and policy discourses within the UK and Ireland -states that have developed the longest tradition in researching and addressing problems of cold and energy-inefficient homes in particular, with their associated impacts for well-being and health (Baker et al, 2003;Boardman, 2010;Campbell, 1993;Fahmy et al, 2011;Healy and Clinch, 2004;Jansz and Guertler, 2012;Lawlor, 2001;Liddell, 2009;Liddell and Morris, 2010;Walker, 2008). Scholarship on the topic has recently expanded to include the post-socialist countries of Eastern and Central Europe (Buzar, 2007a(Buzar, , 2007b(Buzar, , 2007cFankhauser and Tepic, 2005;Kovačević, 2004;Petrova et al, 2013;Ruggeri Laderchi et al, 2013;Tirado Herrero and Ürge-Vorsatz, 2012a), as well as France (Derdevet, 2013;Devalière, 2013;Dubois, 2012), Germany (Billen, 2008;Heindl, 2013;Kopatz, 2009;Tews, 2014), Spain (Bilbao and Castro, 2013;Tirado Herrero et al, 2012;Tirado-Herrero et al, 2014), Austria (Brunner et al, 2012), Italy (Miniaci et al, 2008;Valbonesi et al, 2014), Greece (Dagoumas and Kitsios, 2014;Katsoulakos, 2011;Santamouris et al, 2007Santamouris et al, , 2013, Australia (Chester, 2013;<...>…”