Fuel poverty map of Valencia (Spain): Results of a direct survey to citizens and recommendations for policy making

Gómez‐Navarro, Tomás; Calero-Pastor, María; Pellicer-Sifres, Victoria; Lillo-Rodrigo, Pau; Alfonso-Solar, David; Pérez‐Navarro, A.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112162

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“…The installation of a heating system in a home can be effective in improving the indoor environment, enhancing the comfort of the home and alleviating energy poverty [ 18 , 39 ]. Efficient heating systems can reduce household energy costs and reduce the risk of energy poverty in households [ 18 , 21 , 51 ]. In addition, the household’s energy equipment and type of energy source are also important factors influencing energy poverty [ 9 , 36 ].…”

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“…In terms of the economic attributes of housing, housing tenure is regarded as a driver of energy poverty [ 10 , 50 ]. It has been shown that energy-poor households are predominantly renters [ 9 , 44 ], and living in rented housing increases the risk of energy poverty compared to owner-occupied dwellings [ 21 , 40 , 51 , 52 ]. One possible explanation is that rented housing suffers from low energy inefficiency.…”

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

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Feng

2022

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“…However, one topic that has only received limited attention to-date refers to the social justice implications resulting from this transformation [1]. In fact, there is a clear risk that climate policies could impose a financial burden on the poor through increased energy and food prices [2]. Hence, for Energy Transition to be successful it must avoid leaving energy poor behind [2].…”

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“…In fact, there is a clear risk that climate policies could impose a financial burden on the poor through increased energy and food prices [2]. Hence, for Energy Transition to be successful it must avoid leaving energy poor behind [2].…”

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Measuring the discomfort of energy vulnerable elderly people. Recommendations for solutions

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Biard

Aparisi-Cerdá

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IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Energy poverty remains today one of the most important problems for a truly just urban energy transition. In addition, older people living alone are one of the main target groups of this problem. In this research, 525 households have been monitored of which 155 were potentially in fuel poverty in the city of Valencia, Spain. In the latter, the presence in the dwelling, temperature and humidity were monitored throughout the year. We reviewed the literature and compared different comfort standards with the data collected. None of the 155 dwellings meet the comfort requirements on a regular basis. That is, their inhabitants are too often at risk to their health because of low or high temperatures and humidity. A survey was conducted to find the causes of the vulnerability of these families and to quantify their importance. In addition to the expected causes: low income, high energy prices and poor housing quality, we found elements related to habits, low energy literacy, the digital divide and others. Our findings can inform policy development for an inclusive urban energy transition that does not leave behind older people living alone.

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“…Some of this action takes place under Horizon 2020-funded projects such as EmpowerMed (from which this paper stems) and cognate initiatives (such as REACH, ENPOR or STEP) that test approaches for addressing EP at small scales. These projects often include local interventions aimed at helping affected people save energy at home; an approach that often relies on changing habits and behavior under the assumption that people in EP use more energy than necessary due to the inefficiency of the dwelling or appliances and what has been labeled as "energy illiteracy" (i.e., "the lack of understanding of the nature and role of energy in our daily lives, and the inability to apply it to everything from making energy efficiency decisions to understanding energy bills" [35]). In many cases, interventions consist of household visits in which a rapid energy audit is conducted along with the provision of energy-saving and thermal comfort tips, and the installation of low-cost energy efficiency measures, e.g., LED bulbs, socket strips and simple windows weather-stripping.…”

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Tackling Energy Poverty through Collective Advisory Assemblies and Electricity and Comfort Monitoring Campaigns

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The present work aims to describe and analyze the results of the interventions carried out in the Barcelona pilot site of the EmpowerMed project. The overall objective of EmpowerMed is to tackle energy poverty and to help improve the health of people in coastal areas of Mediterranean countries, with a particular focus on women. The main support approach implemented in Barcelona is Collective Advisory Assemblies (CAA), in the framework of Alliance against Energy Poverty. CAA is an innovative, collaborative empowering engagement tool that offers an alternative to the more traditional one-off individual household advice and support approaches. CAAs take place together with a monitoring campaign where: electricity consumption is analyzed to optimize the supply contracts, and indoor environmental comfort to provide recommendations for wellbeing improvement. Through the different approaches, a characterization of the people that have participated in the Barcelona pilot site was completed, from a socioeconomic, energy, thermal comfort and air quality perspective. Additionally, it was compared with a group of energy poverty non-affected households, which are involved in the monitoring campaign. Finally, the impact was quantified in terms of empowerment of energy poverty population and, potential economic savings.

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Fuel poverty map of Valencia (Spain): Results of a direct survey to citizens and recommendations for policy making

Cited by 19 publications

References 29 publications

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

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

Measuring the discomfort of energy vulnerable elderly people. Recommendations for solutions

Tackling Energy Poverty through Collective Advisory Assemblies and Electricity and Comfort Monitoring Campaigns

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