Reducing energy poverty in deprived regions or supporting new developments in metropolitan suburbs? Regional differences in the use of subsidies for home energy efficiency renovations

Frantál, Bohumil; Dvořák, Petr

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113250

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“…It is therefore necessary for states to make policies ensuring efficient fossil fuels removal and reduction of income inequality. Energy poverty also influences donations for renewables use [29].…”

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Development of Energy Poverty and Its Solutions through the Use of Renewables: The EU Case with a Focus on Slovakia

Taušová,

Domaracká,

Čulková

et al. 2024

Energies

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The problem of energy poverty (EP), when energy becomes unaffordable for some population groups, is not only a problem for developing countries, but this phenomenon is appearing more and more often in European countries. In Europe, it is estimated that 50 to 125 million people are living in energy poverty. We hear more and more about energy poverty in connection with the current energy crisis and rising energy prices, but also because of insufficient renewable use. Due to increasing energy prices, we are increasingly hearing about the deepening energy poverty in Slovakia. This study aims to evaluate the development of energy poverty in Slovakia compared to other EU countries. The situation is studied from the view of the number of heating and cooling days, the percentage of the population that cannot maintain adequate heat at home, the percentage of the population that lacks heat, and the percentage of residents without enough heat. During the research, we used distribution analysis, trend analysis, analysis of variance, and one-way analysis. The main results show that the heating degree days (HDD) index recorded a decrease, the cooling degree days (CDD) index recorded an increase, and energy poverty is most obvious in a low-income group of inhabitants, having shortage of heat, when renewable energy sources (RES) use contributes to the mitigation of energy poverty. Solving the unfavorable situation of energy poverty is possible by increasing the share of renewables used in the gross final energy consumption for heating and cooling, primarily in residential buildings. The results provide information for policymakers regarding the triple bottom line approach (people, planet, and profit).

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Development of Energy Poverty and Its Solutions through the Use of Renewables: The EU Case with a Focus on Slovakia

Taušová,

Domaracká,

Čulková

et al. 2024

Energies

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“…It is therefore necessary for states to adopt policies that ensure the efficient displacement of fossil fuels and reduce income inequality. Energy poverty also affects the state of drawing subsidies for the use of renewable energy sources [29].…”

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Development of Energy Poverty and its Solutions from the Perspective of Renewables Use

Taušová,

Domaracká,

Čulková

et al. 2024

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The problem of energy poverty, when energy becomes unaffordable for some population group, is not only a problem for developing countries, but this phenomenon is appearing more and more often in European countries as well. In Europe, it is estimated that 50 to 125 million people are at risk of energy poverty. We hear more and more about energy poverty in connection with the current energy crisis and rising energy prices, but also as a result of insufficient use of renewable energy sources. Due to rising energy prices, we are increasingly hearing about deepening energy poverty in Slovakia as well. The aim of the contribution is to examine the development of energy poverty in Slovakia compared to other EU countries. The situation is studied from the view of the number of days of heating and cooling, the percentage of the population that cannot maintain adequate heat at home, the percentage of the population that has a lack of heat and the percentage of residents without enough heat. During the research, we used distribution analysis, trend analysis, analysis of variance and one-way analysis. The main results show that HDD index recorded decrease, CDD index recorded increase, and Energy poverty is most obvious in low-income group of inhabitants, having shortage of heat, when RES use contribute to mitigation of energy poverty. Solving the unfavorable situation with energy poverty is possible by increasing the share of Renewable energy sources in the gross final energy consumption for heating and cooling, primarily in residential buildings. The results provide information for policy makers in area of economic, social and environmental decision-making.

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“…Researchers proved that upgrading building fixtures, equipment, and envelope components could achieve savings beyond 45% in energy and water consumption [2]. Noteworthy, households or the residential sector represents about 26% of final energy consumption or nearly 17% of gross inland energy consumption in the EU [3] Achieving a low energy standard while being cost-efficient in the existing building is challenging as it is crucial to assess the whole lifecycle in terms of costs and environmental impact [4]. Moreover, the lack of open data about the existing buildings makes it difficult to analyze the building's actual state, measure progress in building decarbonization, and raise public awareness about the importance of refurbishment, design renovation, and maintenance strategies [5].…”

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Data driven economic scenarios for retrofitting residential buildings in a northern Italian region

Cecconi

Rampini

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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European directives and strategies, such as the ‘European Green Deal’ and the ‘Ren-ovation Wave’, point out the importance of the building sector in achieving the climate goals set by the European Union for 2050. However, a higher renovation rate for the existing buildings is required to achieve these goals. Many barriers prevent the renovation rate from growing. Regarding financial barriers, the long payback times of renovation interventions and the high risk perceived by the potential investors make the renovation rate remain low. Based on data from energy performance certificates, this research proposes a data-driven method to create economic retrofit scenarios for residential buildings using Artificial Intelligence techniques and Monte Carlo simulations. Namely, energy savings have been predicted using an Artificial Neural Network on clusters of residential buildings and the Life Cycle Costs forecasted by Monte Carlo simulations taking into account the uncertainty in many of the inputs. Results obtained by applying the method to a region in northern Italy illustrate two scenarios for the energy retrofit of the built environment, one assuming a payback time of fifteen years and the other of twenty-five years. In both cases, the maximum allowable investment, which varies according to the specific characteristics of the buildings, is much lower than the retrofit costs recorded in the same area in recent years.

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Reducing energy poverty in deprived regions or supporting new developments in metropolitan suburbs? Regional differences in the use of subsidies for home energy efficiency renovations

Cited by 12 publications

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Development of Energy Poverty and Its Solutions through the Use of Renewables: The EU Case with a Focus on Slovakia

Development of Energy Poverty and Its Solutions through the Use of Renewables: The EU Case with a Focus on Slovakia

Development of Energy Poverty and its Solutions from the Perspective of Renewables Use

Data driven economic scenarios for retrofitting residential buildings in a northern Italian region

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