Moving towards tangible decision-making tools for policy makers: Measuring and monitoring energy access provision

Bhanot, Jaya; Jha, Vivekanand

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.039

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“…Health-related impacts [43,78,81,84,96,100,101] Households generally show low awareness about the risks related to the use of traditional stoves. However, they associate ICS with the improvement of health (e.g., reduced coughing, eye pain, allergy, headache).…”

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“…With regards to health-related impacts, the use of ICS is associated with a reduction in child mortality rates and improved health, especially among women and young girls who cook every day and are more in contact with stoves [100]. However, perceptions of benefits related to the use of ICS may vary according to the respondent, whose awareness of risks associated with the use of traditional cookstoves may be low [78,81].…”

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Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

2018

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A lack of access to clean energy and use of traditional cooking systems have severe negative effects on health, especially among women and children, and on the environment. Despite increasing attention toward this topic, few studies have explored the factors influencing consumers’ adoption of improved cooking stoves (ICS). This systematic literature review (n = 81) aims to identify the main drivers and barriers to clean cooking from a consumer perspective. In addition, it aims to define how consumers perceive ICS with respect to traditional stoves. Thematic analysis revealed seven factors that may act as drivers or barriers to ICS adoption: economic factors; socio-demographics; fuel availability; attitude toward technology; awareness of the risks of traditional cookstoves and the benefits of ICS; location; and social and cultural influences. Perceptions focused on four topics: convenience and uses, aesthetics, health-related impacts, and environmental impacts. This review contributes to understanding of consumer behavior with regards to ICS. The findings suggest that availability and affordability of technology are not enough to enhance ICS adoption. Rather, policy makers and managers should approach customers with a less technical and a more personalized approach that takes due consideration of a local context and its social and cultural dynamics.

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Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

2018

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“…Various methods are available for supporting complex decisions in construction. Some of them are as follows: Kaklauskas et al (2012) proposed a Passive House model for quantitative and qualitative analyses; in Kuzman et al (2013) AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) was used to compare passive house construction types; Brown et al (2013) used decision making for assessing renovation; in the work of Bucoń and Sobotka (2015), the alternatives of residential building repair are evaluated, while Cannemi et al (2014), Bhanot and Jha (2012) used decision making as a support tool for policy making; in Kalibatas et al (2011Kalibatas et al ( , 2012, Zavadskas et al (2016) the indoor environment was evaluated from the perspective of an ideal alternative; in the work of Chen et al (2014) MADM was used for evaluating the impacts of VOC emissions in the US single-family houses; Hopfe et al (2013) assessed building performance; in Książek et al (2015) decision-making in construction project development was described; in Zagorskas et al (2014) MADM was used for evaluating thermal insulation alternatives of historical brick buildings in the Baltic Sea Region and Augutis et al (2014) used MADM for assessing energy infrastructure. The papers of Zavadskas et al (2014), Mardani et al (2015aMardani et al ( , 2015b presented the surveys of MADM methods.…”

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Selecting the most effective alternative of waterproofing membranes for multifunctional inverted flat roofs

Kalibatas

Kovaitis

2017

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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There are many various methods, techniques and materials for constructing multifunctional inverted flat roofs now. However, in practice, the constructed roofs of this type often have various defects, whose elimination is rather costly. To solve this problem, the analysis of multifunctional inverted flat roofs has been performed and their advantages and disadvantages, as well as building defects and mistakes made in the course of construction, have been demonstrated. Damp-proofing materials available on the market for making waterproofing membranes for multifunctional inverted flat roofs have been evaluated. The problem of choosing the most effective membrane alternative for the investigated type of roofs is solved by analysing ten alternatives with the help of multi-criteria evaluation method, SAW and three game theory rules determined by Hurwicz, Laplace and Bayes, as well as LEVI 3.0 program. The analysis of the results has shown that the alternative No. 5 is the best membrane alternative among the ten considered options.

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“…As global efforts toward alleviating energy poverty by 2030 gather momentum, the role of measurement frameworks to provide accurate, tangible empirical evidence to support policy and planning is growing increasingly important (Bhanot & Jha, ; Pachauri et al, ; B. S. Reddy, ). Among the recently developed multidimensional metrics, the MTF has been most widely applied in energy planning and modeling.…”

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A critical review of modern approaches for multidimensional energy poverty measurement

Pelz

Pachauri

Groh

2018

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Recent efforts to measure energy poverty more comprehensively attempt to redress the shortcomings of binary metrics that remain in common use. However, significant challenges remain both with the construction of the new measurement frameworks and their application. The paper presents an analysis of recent multidimensional measurement approaches and applications to draw inferences on the implications of applying these for the measurement of energy access and in informing policies aimed at improving it. The assessment suggests that despite progress having been made in capturing the multidimensional nature of energy poverty, the new measures are currently too complex to operationalize at the global level and too prescriptive to gain acceptance in diverse national contexts. Further efforts are thus required to consolidate and simplify the new frameworks for global tracking purposes, and to adapt and modify these to specific country contexts to inform national policy and planning. A subset of key energy poverty dimensions and uniform set of indicators need to be shortlisted for the purposes of global comparisons, while specific national tracking efforts can apply dimensions and thresholds most suited to accurately capture energy poverty and its drivers in a given context.

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Moving towards tangible decision-making tools for policy makers: Measuring and monitoring energy access provision

Cited by 16 publications

References 14 publications

Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

Selecting the most effective alternative of waterproofing membranes for multifunctional inverted flat roofs

A critical review of modern approaches for multidimensional energy poverty measurement

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