La précarité énergétique

Lees, Johanna; Bouillon, Florence; Musso, Sandrine; Cheveigné, Suzanne de

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“…France imported the discussion of fuel poverty from Great Britain in the 1990s and the issue gained much public attention over the past decade (Lees ). According to French law ( loi n°2010‐788 ), a ‘fuel poor’ is ‘any person experiencing specific difficulties in accessing the energy supply necessary to the satisfaction of their basic needs, due to the inadequacy of their resources and their housing conditions’.…”

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Greening the poor: the trap of moralization

Malier

2019

British Journal of Sociology

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This article uses ethnographic data to engage a critical reflection on the tension between individual responsibility for the environment and inequality. While research has shown that the majority of sustainable consumers are middle and upper class, educated and white individuals, the study explores how the ethical injunction to ecological sustainability is being introduced to lower‐income neighbourhoods in France. It draws on the observation of a national programme which aims at supporting inhabitants of public housing estates in the process of greening their lifestyle in order to fight climate change and fuel poverty. The paper analyses how environmental responsibilization is specific in that it calls upon a responsibility towards others, towards the common good. Using the Foucauldian concept of ‘subjectivation’, it describes and analyses the moral work implied by such behaviour change programmes. It demonstrates that a negative representation of poor households and a moral framing of the responsibility for the environment lead to a moralization of their lifestyle under the heading of ‘eco‐friendly behaviours’. A paradoxical result of such endeavours is that the social group with the least impactful lifestyle on the environment is the one which is moralized in the most intrusive and resolute manner. The article shows, however, that the tenants manage to resist the normalizing discourse on sustainable living, for reasons which are not anti‐environmentalist. This piece thus provides interesting results for sustainability studies as well as for the sociology of the regulation of underprivileged neighbourhoods.

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Section: Reform Lifestyles Against Fuel Poverty and Climate Change: Tmentioning

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Greening the poor: the trap of moralization

Malier

2019

British Journal of Sociology

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“…Some research combines these and other techniques for higher demographic, geographical or issue-related diversity (Day & Hitchings, 2011; Devalière, 2010; ; Petrova & Simcock, 2021; Tod et al, 2012). Additional strategies such as the researchers’ personal judgement for inclusion or exclusion to secure participation and sample relevance (Chard & Walker, 2016), decisions to revisit the initial strategy and techniques, or even to temper down researchers’ expectations (Lees, 2014) have also been reported. In any event, constituting a sample of interviewees can be a difficult task, raising the question whether it is possible to secure any type of representativeness for the variety of energy poverty situations.…”

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“…The compensation of interviewees is mentioned in 10 studies, with amounts ranging from 10£ to 25£ in the UK, and 50 Australian dollars. Other authors resort to more symbolic “unconditional incentives”, which may refer to some type of goodwill (Anderson et al, 2012; Lees, 2014).…”

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“…The home is the location suited for more private and longer conversations where researchers may also observe details related to housing conditions. The access of researchers to homes is, however, conditioned upon a high degree of mutual confidence (Lees, 2014). The location can be chosen by the recruits (Ambrose et al, 2019; Butler & Sherriff, 2017), some preferring more neutral spaces for discussion, such as the location of the institutional partner involved (Ambrose et al, 2019) or other commercial spaces.…”

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“…Vulnerability refers to a deficit of protection for people against certain risks, making “ peoples’ experiences of their daily lives fragile and uncertain ” (Lees, 2014). Energy poor people are often faced with several vulnerabilities, ranging from low incomes to ill health and poor housing conditions (Anderson et al, 2012).…”

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Methodological Challenges in Energy Poverty Research

Dubois

Sinea

2023

International Journal of Market Research

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Energy poverty is an endemic phenomenon affecting millions of households around the world. An abundant literature, employing various single or combined methods, is dedicated to understanding its causes, symptoms, and the lived experiences of these households. This article explores the challenges raised when implementing qualitative research on energy poor households. We analyse a set of 33 research outputs - academic papers and reports - to identify methodological challenges raised by researchers and their possible resolves. By discussing the difficulties related to the operationalization of the concept of energy poverty, those linked to identifying and engaging energy poor households in research, or to the complex nature of their vulnerabilities, the study aims to develop a grounded theory articulated on the narrative of the findings and provide guidance for future qualitative work on energy poverty performed by researchers and stakeholders involved in alleviating it.

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Energy poverty. How can you fight it, if you can’t measure it?

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2021

Energy and Buildings

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