Publications | Energy Poverty Advisory Hub

Scientific paper
20 March 2018

Mining Households’ energy data to disclose fuel poverty: Lessons for Southern Europe

Smart meters, surveys and buildings energy simulation used to track fuel poverty. Comparative analysis of fuel poverty and fuel obesity groups for added insights. Electricity consumption data and profiles cannot be used alone to segment consumers.

Report (policy paper, recommendation)
4 March 2018

Vulnerable consumers in the European Electricity Sector: A comparative study between the English and the Spanish protection systems

El presente libro nos permite transitar desde planteamientos y problemas generales ?endémicos o sobrevenidos? en relación con un valor que supone sin duda la clave de bóveda del proyecto europeo.

Scientific paper
4 March 2018

Energy affordability in the EU: The risks of metric driven policies

Energy expenditure shares are noticeably higher in New Member States than in the EU15. A common pan-EU fuel/energy poverty metric is likely to be problematic. Targeting high-level fuel poverty metrics could distort policymaking.

Scientific paper
22 February 2018

‘Getting the measure of fuel poverty’: The geography of fuel poverty indicators in England

Using spatial analyses, the paper interrogates sub-regional estimates of the two indicators in England, where the LIHC indicator was first conceived.

Scientific paper
22 February 2018

‘Getting the measure of fuel poverty’: The geography of fuel poverty indicators in England

We investigate the geographical features of fuel poverty using different indicators. We compare the spatial distribution of fuel poverty using a 10% and LIHC indicator. The shift to a LIHC indicator has disproportionately affected regions with lower housing costs.

Scientific paper
22 February 2018

Assessing the fuel poverty vulnerability of urban neighbourhoods using a spatial multi-criteria decision analysis for the German city of Oberhausen

The analysis offers insights into the spatial pattern of fuel poverty within a city and thus provides an opportunity to channel efforts towards households in those neighbourhoods most in need.

Report (policy paper, recommendation)
21 February 2018

Energy poverty in Poland, 2012-2016

12% of people in Poland live in energy poverty.Poland’s rate of energy poverty has decreased in the last five years. Energy poverty affects mainly people living in villages and small towns

Report (policy paper, recommendation)
21 February 2018

Energy poverty in Poland, 2012-2016

The aim of the report is to present the scale and characteristics of energy poverty in Poland based on the latest available data.

Report (policy paper, recommendation)
4 January 2018

Evaluation of energy performance of buildings in Albania from the perspective of energy poverty

The report evaluates the typology of buildings, the cost of electricity against income, the use of electricity and quality of life as a phenomenon closely related to energy poverty. Energy poverty refers to a situation where a household cannot access energy services at home.

9 November 2017

A new definition of fuel poverty in Scotland: A review of recent evidence

An independent, academic review of evidence resulting in a new definition of fuel poverty in Scotland.

Report (policy paper, recommendation)
9 November 2017

A new definition of fuel poverty in Scotland: A review of recent evidence

A report by a panel of independent experts who conducted a review of the definition of fuel poverty in Scotland.

Scientific paper
29 September 2017

Community energy initiatives to alleviate fuel poverty: the material politics of Energy Cafés

Through an analysis of community-run Energy Cafés in the United Kingdom, the paper argues that while present-day grassroots innovations appear less explicitly political than their predecessors, they can still represent a form of political participation.

Report (policy paper, recommendation)
15 September 2017

Understanding carbon monoxide risk in households vulnerable to fuel poverty

This research investigated the relationship between fuel poverty and carbon monoxide (CO) risk in households on low incomes and in vulnerable situations. Over the course of two heating seasons (October to April) in 2015/16 and 2016/17 .

Report (policy paper, recommendation)
17 August 2017

Energy poverty in Catalonia: challenges and dilemmas

Aquest passat mes de juny s’ha publicat el llibre Pobresa energètica: reptes i dilemes (PDF), sorgit dels testimonis i reflexions que es van poder sentir durant el 1er Congrés Català de Pobresa Energètica que va tenir lloc el novembre de 2016 a Sabadell.

Scientific paper
1 June 2017

Domestic energy deprivation in Greece: A field study

Presents an in-situ survey of various characteristics related with energy poverty in Greece. It is a first attempt to analyze residential energy, habitants’ behavior, and attitudes in the middle of the economic crisis in North Greece.

Factsheet (Roadmap, guidelines)
22 April 2017

Reducing energy poverty with national renovation strategies: a unique opportunity

The long-term renovation strategies developed by Member States are an opportunity to reduce energy poverty through stimulating deep renovation of buildings.

Scientific paper
22 April 2017

Residential Heating under Energy Poverty Conditions: A Field Study

The specific study aims to investigate energy poverty and its effect in Central Makedonia, in northern Greece, where the climate is harsher and heating requirements significantly higher than in the other parts of the country. A questionnaire aiming to assess energy poverty in low income urban areas.

Scientific paper
23 September 2015

Do we need complex and multidimensional indicators to assess energy poverty? The case of the Chilean indicator

Alexis Pérez-Fargallo, Laura Marín-Restrepo, Sergio Contreras-Espinoza, David Bienvenido-Huertas