This paper offers an integrated conceptual framework for the research and amelioration of energy deprivation in the home. It starts from the premise that all forms of energy and fuel poverty – in developed and developing countries alike – are underpinned by a common condition: the inability to...Read more
Energy poverty can be understood as the inability of a household to secure a socially and materially necessitated level of energy services in the home. While the condition is widespread across Europe, its spatial and social distribution is highly uneven. In this paper, the existence of a...Read more
Fuel poverty has become a more prescient issue in recent years, both due to harsher winters and the economic downturn, which has made heating the home more difficult for many. Fuel poverty is sensitive to energy prices and also has a capital component linked to the energy efficiency of the home...Read more
This policy report from the INSIGHT_E consortium assesses how Member States define the issue of energy poverty and vulnerable consumers, and the measures that have been implemented to address these issues.Read more
With enacting the third energy liberalization package in 2009 the increased concern in protection of households in energy poverty started. The Slovak Republic has not had experience with defining energy poverty. Therefore, it is important to set up its appropriate definition and measures for...Read more
With enacting the third energy liberalization package in 2009 the increased concern in protection of households in energy poverty started. The Slovak Republic has not had experience with defining energy poverty. Therefore, it is important to set up its appropriate definition and measures for...Read more
This chapter is dedicated to energy poverty in Belgium. The first part aims to define this concept and adapt it to the Belgian context. Then, the chapter includes an estimation of the number of people affected by energy poverty. Afterwards, a large part of the chapter relates to the different...Read more
Despite the existence of two targeted national programmes ("Bonus gas" and "Bonus energia") in Italy there is no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which...Read more
