Fuel poverty in residential housing: providing financial support versus combatting substandard housing

Charlier, Dorothée; Legendre, Bérangère; Risch, Anna

doi:10.1080/00036846.2019.1613501

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“…Energy poverty, which is widespread in all regions of the world, is becoming a great challenge for humanity, which wants to achieve the New Millennium Development Goals [ 4 ]. In Europe, there are about 50 million to 125 million people living in energy poverty, and the size of this group has been increasing in recent years [ 5 ]. In the underdeveloped regions of Asia and Africa, more than half of the total population has to live in energy poverty [ 6 , 7 ].…”

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Mapping the Worldwide Trends on Energy Poverty Research: A Bibliometric Analysis (1999–2019)

Xiao

Wang

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Energy poverty is one of the main challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Research on energy poverty is becoming a common focus of scholars in many areas. Bibliometrics can help researchers dig deep into the information of specific research fields from a quantitative perspective. In this study, we collected 1018 research papers in the field of energy poverty published in the period 1999–2019 from the Web of Science databases and conducted a bibliometric analysis on them. Cleaning and screening of sample papers, matrix construction, and visualization were performed using Bibliometrix, VOSviewer, and HistCite, summarizing the internal and external characteristics of the papers. With regard to external characteristics, a total of 982 research institutions in 80 regions conducted research in this field. There is extensive cooperation between the countries, and the UK, the USA, Australia, and Italy play the most active role in the cooperation network. With regard to internal characteristics, we found the two most representative citation paths: one path starts from the concerns of energy-poor groups and stops at an ethical discussion on energy poverty; the second path is based on the existing technological path, continuously developing coping policies, evaluation methods, and a conceptual framework for dealing with energy poverty. Furthermore, through coupling analysis, we discovered four focuses of energy poverty research: improvement of definition, improvement of evaluation methods, effects of coping policy, and energy justice. Through a comprehensive analysis of existing papers, this paper reveals some limitations of previous studies and recommends some promising directions for future research on energy poverty.

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Mapping the Worldwide Trends on Energy Poverty Research: A Bibliometric Analysis (1999–2019)

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Wang

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“…The evidence base consists of primary research evaluations presented across 14 studies which consisted of one randomised control trial (with partial crossover) (Heyman et al 2011), three quasi-experimental studies (Grey et al 2017, Poortinga et al 2017, Willand et al 2019; two pre-test / post-test with a control group (Shortt & Rugraska 2007, Wade et al 2019; two pre-test / post-test with no control group (Eadson & Leather 2017, Papada et al 2021; one post-test with control group (Sharpe et al 2020), one case study (McGinley et al 2022); one case control study (Charlier et al 2019) and three quantitative descriptive surveys (Miller et al 2022, Sherriff et al 2020, Welsh Government 2015. Five of these were part of wider mixed methods studies (Shortt & Rugkåsa 2007, Miller et al 2022, Wade et al 2019, Welsh Government 2015, Willand et al 2019 Scotland 2016, DECC 2015, NEA 2019, Shelter Scotland 2017.…”

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A rapid review of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions that make homes warmer and cheaper to heat for households in fuel poverty in rural and remote areas

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Csontos

Gillen

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The cost-of-living across the UK has been on the increase since the start of 2021. Living in a rural community is often associated with additional costs compared to those in urban areas. For example, people living in rural areas are not always connected to the gas grid, often using oil and liquid petroleum gas for heating that are more expensive and not subjected to energy price caps. Moreover, housing in rural areas is generally older, not as well insulated and less energy efficient than houses in urban locations, leading to increased risk of fuel poverty. Home energy advice, energy efficiency measures, and financial support all have the potential to mitigate fuel poverty. The aim of this rapid evidence review was to determine the effectiveness of interventions that make homes warmer and cheaper to heat for households in fuel poverty in rural and remote areas. Fourteen studies and eight sources of grey literature were included in the review. The included studies and grey literature were published between 2007 and 2022. There was some evidence of effectiveness for interventions such as energy efficiency home improvements / retrofitting, home improvements (including replacing lightbulbs and electric heaters, external insulation, heating systems, loft insulation installing central heating), Welsh Government Arbed (home improvement and energy efficiency measures) and Nest (home improvements and advice) interventions, provision of energy and home energy advice, and referral for support and/or insulation measures or home improvements. Interventions such as social energy subsidies might not be effective in reducing fuel poverty, and energy efficient social housing was a more efficient method of alleviating fuel poverty. However, the certainty of the evidence is very low, primarily due to the study design and poor quality of the included studies. Policy makers and funding bodies need to make further investments into research focusing on measures to alleviate fuel poverty, with particular focus on economic analysis. There is a need for high quality, well-developed randomised controlled trials to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency measures and advice. Future research should investigate which interventions are the most effective in what types of housing in rural areas to help the targeting of interventions better.

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“…The energy performance of a building affects a household’s energy demand and is a contributor to energy poverty [ 33 ]. In general, households whose dwellings are less energy efficient are at greater risk of exposure to energy poverty and are likely to face more severe energy poverty [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 34 , 35 ]. A study carried out in the UK suggests that wealthier middle-income households may fall into energy poverty as a result of living in relatively inefficient homes [ 36 ].…”

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“…Decent, warm, comfortable homes require basic energy services, including space heating and cooling, lighting, water heating, cooking and electricity [ 13 ]. On the one hand, the necessary energy needs of a household are highly correlated with the housing characteristics, such as the energy efficiency [ 14 , 15 , 16 ], building envelope [ 17 , 18 ] and thermal insulation [ 19 , 20 ]. In general, inefficient energy systems [ 21 ] and insulation can increase the energy costs of a household to some extent.…”

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Linking Housing Conditions and Energy Poverty: From a Perspective of Household Energy Self-Restriction

Chen

Feng

2022

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Affordable and warm housing is a basic household living need, which is closely related to human health and well-being. This study attempts to establish the link between household housing conditions and energy poverty in China from the perspective of energy self-restriction using logit and mediation models based on microdata. The results report that: (1) households are more likely to be exposed to energy poverty if they live in larger, older, poorly insulated houses, without basic energy service equipment, and in rental housing; (2) the area of residence and energy installations are the main characteristics that distinguish energy poverty from non-energy poverty; (3) the link between housing conditions and energy poverty is reinforced by the psychology and behavior of households, with those living in poor conditions tending to restrain their energy consumption, thus worsening their energy poverty situation.

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Fuel poverty in residential housing: providing financial support versus combatting substandard housing

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Mapping the Worldwide Trends on Energy Poverty Research: A Bibliometric Analysis (1999–2019)

Mapping the Worldwide Trends on Energy Poverty Research: A Bibliometric Analysis (1999–2019)

A rapid review of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions that make homes warmer and cheaper to heat for households in fuel poverty in rural and remote areas

Linking Housing Conditions and Energy Poverty: From a Perspective of Household Energy Self-Restriction

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