fuel poverty
Child poverty: the ‘fuel poverty’ dimension
... But improved energy service affordability gained through insulation and efficiency programmes have, for most low-income households, been swamped by relentless increases in electricity costs experienced since the early ...
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Fuel Poverty Challenges in Serbia: Evidence from the Suburban Settlement of Kaluđerica
... of fuel poverty in Serbia using the example of Kaluđerica, a suburban settlement of Belgrade, which is considered the largest completely built illegal settlement in the Balkans, and most probably in Europe ...
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Developing a Social Practice Theory Picture of Fuel Poverty in England
... that fuel poverty is a distinct issue from that of general ...between fuel poverty and deprivation is completed to understand the impacts of these schemes since 2005 and to clarify the current ...
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Fuel poverty from the bottom-up: Characterising household energy vulnerability through the lived experience of the fuel poor
... of fuel poor households, in other words, key challenges to their energy vulner- ...determining fuel poverty [15], the fuel poor in our sample are more concerned about the stability of that ...
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Fuel poverty and well-being: a consmer theory and stochastic fronteir approach
... “fuel poverty” (a feature of general poverty) influences the welfare of individuals in a different and significant ...address fuel poverty which is rising faster than general ...
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Measuring fuel poverty: general considerations and application to German household data
... assess fuel poverty. A household would be subject to fuel poverty if the available income after housing and fuel costs is insufficient to meet the minimum income ...case, fuel ...
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Editorial: PPP special issue – International Perspectives on Fuel Poverty
... the fuel poverty debate has proved as tenacious as the problem itself and our understanding of the nature, extent and consequences of fuel poverty grows increasingly detailed and nuanced, ...
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Fuel poverty in Ireland : extent, affected groups and policy issues
... Other local measures and initiatives include fifty-two Energy Efficiency Advice Centres (EEACs) and organisations such as the Energy Saving Trust (EST) that manage a number of schemes to encourage the take up of energy ...
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Objective vs. Subjective Fuel Poverty and Self-Assessed Health
... towards fuel poverty often use relative or absolute ...identifying fuel poor households and assessing its impact on health is an emerging social policy ...perceived fuel poverty as ...
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Understanding the behaviours of households in fuel poverty: A review of research evidence
... It is commonly noted in the qualitative studies that there is considerable variation in the energy use behaviour, expectations about staying warm and coping strategies of households in or at risk of fuel ...
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A study of fuel poverty and low-carbon synergies in social housing
... to fuel poverty do not match the scale of the ...what fuel poverty actually means for householders, and how it impacts on their daily ...UK fuel poor households at ...the fuel ...
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“How can you live like that?”: energy vulnerability and the dynamic experience of fuel poverty in the UK
... average fuel bills like Mohammed), offering further support for Moore’s criticisms of LIHC (Moore, ...official poverty line” (Department for Energy and Climate Change, 2013, ...are fuel poor, is a ...
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Cold homes, fuel poverty and energy efficiency improvements: A longitudinal focus group approach
... with fuel poverty that are affected through spending high proportions of income on ...experiencing fuel poverty have various strategies for coping, either through (1) rationing to try and ...
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Thermal Comfort, Energy Usage and Fuel Poverty in a Sample of Older Person’s Households in Dublin
... tackling fuel poverty has been a two pronged approach ...household fuel payment ...alleviate fuel poverty, the winter fuel allowance payment under the National Fuel Scheme ...
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All-Ireland policy paper on fuel poverty and health December Public Health Policy Centre
... a fuel poverty action research programme in Donegal and ...Combat Poverty Agency, Sustainable Energy Ireland, the Department of Social and Family Affairs, the Department of the Environment, Housing ...
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Can brownfield land be reused for ground source heating to alleviate fuel poverty?
... regeneration. Fuel poverty is an increasingly pertinent social issue due to rising energy ...Addressing fuel poverty has become a key consideration in Scotland's inter- nationally leading ...
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Energy advisors at work: charity work practices to support people in fuel poverty
... The importance of the client’s accounts of (relevant) routines and practices becomes particularly evident when considering the advisors’ (and the charities’) role as a mediator between tenants (clients) and landlords, ...
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A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Energy Efficiency Intervention for Families Living in Fuel Poverty
... Explanatory models for the hypothesised health-damaging impact of fuel poverty are discussed below. However, the research design involved a pragmatic trial in which interventions were tailored to the ...
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Warmer Homes. Improving fuel poverty and energy efficiency policy in the UK. Richard Howard
... reducing fuel poverty and efforts aimed at reducing greenhouse gas ...target fuel poor homes create additional charges which, if paid for through levies on energy bills, will disproportionately hit ...
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Occupant behaviour as a fourth driver of fuel poverty (aka warmth & energy deprivation)
... of fuel poverty was based on any mention of difficulty, but the original ques- tion asked for ...frequent fuel poverty was rather smaller than those reporting any and so sta- tistical power ...
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