Fuel poverty as injustice: Integrating distribution, recognition and procedure in the struggle for affordable warmth

Walker, Gordon; Day, Rosie

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.01.044

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“…This is because the manner in which state bodies and utilities choose to price energy or support particular groups plays a powerful role in determining whether a household is likely to live in conditions of domestic energy deprivation. Injustices of distribution, procedure and recognition (Walker & Day, 2012) become important factors in driving fuel or energy poverty before even considering issues of income, price or efficiency. Indirect subsidies embedded in the energy tariffs, for example, have a significant impact in determining patterns of deprivation (Freund & Wallich, 1996;Ruggeri Laderchi, Olivier, & Trimble, 2013).…”

Section: Energy Vulnerabilitymentioning

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Understanding Energy Poverty, Vulnerability and Justice

Bouzarovski

2017

Energy Poverty

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This chapter outlines past and current definitional issues at the nexus of energy poverty, energy vulnerability, energy justice and energy transitions. It traces the historical development of scientific understandings centring on these topics, while exploring their interactions and interdependencies. The chapter starts from the multiple definitional controversies surrounding fuel poverty and energy poverty, to then discuss the different ways in which notions of energy vulnerability and energy justice have enriched traditional understandings. The latter has been achieved, in part, thanks to a fuller appreciation of the services and production chains via which energy circulates across territories.

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Section: Energy Vulnerabilitymentioning

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Understanding Energy Poverty, Vulnerability and Justice

Bouzarovski

2017

Energy Poverty

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“…Concerns over fuel poverty are ultimately grounded in whether people are able to access the energy services they need for a minimally-decent quality of life (Bouzarovski and Petrova, 2015;Walker and Day, 2012). Many theories of well-being emphasise that 'quality of life' is multidimensional, going beyond only health to also encompass aspects such as social connection, partaking in meaningful work, and expanding knowledge (Alkire, 2002;Finnis, 1980;Nussbaum, 2011;Wolff and De-Shalit, 2007).…”

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“…Fuel poverty is now widely recognised in the UK as a distinct form of social inequality and injustice (Roberts, 2008;Walker and Day, 2012). Over recent decades, a variety of policies have been proposed and implemented with the aim of addressing the problem (Sovacool, 2015), and the most appropriate way of defining fuel poverty has also been subject to some recent scrutiny (Hills, 2011(Hills, , 2012.…”

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Fuel poverty in the UK: beyond heating?

Simcock¹,

Walker²,

Day³

2016

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Fuel poverty is now widely recognised in the UK as a distinct form of social inequality and injustice, but exactly which energy-uses and services should be incorporated into conceptualisations of fuel poverty is rarely discussed explicitly. In this paper, we investigate how different energy-uses are portrayed as part of fuel poverty by national government and NGOs in the UK. We find that, to some degree, official definitions of fuel poverty in the UK include multiple energy-uses. However, this is not reflected in dominant policy and NGO discourses which predominantly frame fuel poverty as solely a lack of adequate space-heating. We conclude by discussing whether non-heating energy-uses and services should be more fully recognised and incorporated into fuel poverty discourses and policy measures, identifying two areas that warrant further research and debate.

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“…This was changed under the Hills Review (Hills, 2012), away from this 10% rule to a more complex model based on the median level of fuel costs and residual income in relation to the poverty line. This approach has been criticised as being equally as problematic as the previous 10% rule (Walker and Day, 2012;Moore, 2012). Energy security focuses on the consistency of supply, this can be viewed as either a technical problem, or one of politics, given the fact that primary fuels are supplied in an international market.…”

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Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing 2010-2015

Swan

Fitton

Smith

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IJBPA

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Purpose The Retrofit State of the Nation Survey has tracked the perceptions of social housing sector professionals’ views of retrofit since 2010. It has taken the form of three surveys conducted in 2010, 2013 and 2015. Here, the authors bring together the three surveys to specifically address the adoption and perceived effectiveness of retrofit technology in social housing projects. The purpose of this paper is to identify the changing perceptions of social housing professionals over a period of significant policy change within in the sector. Design/methodology/approach The research takes the form of a cross-sectional attitudinal, self-completion survey, covering sections considering the adoption levels and perceived effectiveness of different retrofit technologies. The target sample was medium to larger scale registered social housing providers. The surveys were conducted in 2010, 2013 and 2015. Findings In terms of effectiveness, the reliance on tried and tested technologies is apparent. Emerging or more complex technologies have declined in perceived effectiveness over the period. It is clear that social housing has adopted a wide range of technologies, and the larger providers, with whom this survey is undertaken, potentially represent a significant pool of UK retrofit experience. Originality/value The survey provides a record of the changing attitudes of social housing providers to specific technologies over the period of 2010-2015, which has seen significant changes in the energy and social housing policy. The findings show the link between policy instruments and adoption, with policy instruments mapping to adoption in the sector. Perceived effectiveness reflects a preference for more established technologies, an issue that is highlighted in the recent Bonfield Review.

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Fuel poverty as injustice: Integrating distribution, recognition and procedure in the struggle for affordable warmth

Cited by 431 publications

References 15 publications

Understanding Energy Poverty, Vulnerability and Justice

Understanding Energy Poverty, Vulnerability and Justice

Fuel poverty in the UK: beyond heating?

Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing 2010-2015

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