This paper presents findings from a study of low-income households in Great Britain which explored households’ strategies for coping both with limited financial resources in the winter months, when demand for domestic energy increases, and, in some cases, with cold homes. The study combined a...Read more
Whilst the technical challenges of solid wall insulation (SWI) are widely acknowledged, there has been little exploration to date of the human barriers to uptake. These are likely to be substantial, given the disruption involved and the impact of measures on building appearance. To help address...Read more
Fuel poverty exists when a household is unable to afford adequate energy services in the home on their present income. It includes all uses of energy – not just heating – and the standards to be obtained are what is needed, not what is being achieved. This is a normative definition. The energy...Read more
This article provides a synthesis of lessons, where the continuing and new challenges are and what, as a minimum, policy must and must not do.Read more
This study found that individual risk of fuel poverty varied across counties. However, this variation was not explained by differences in climate. Fuel poverty was significantly related to worse health for two of the outcomes (respiratory health and depressive symptoms). However, there was no...Read more
Following more than two decades of relevant research and policy in the UK, fuel poverty is increasingly being acknowledged at the national and supranational level. Although it has yet to be identified as a distinct social issue worldwide, relevant alleviatory policy is extant in most countries....Read more
Over the past decade the Warm Front Scheme has been the English Government's principal programme for improving domestic energy efficiency and reducing fuel poverty. This paper reports on a cross-sectional survey of low income householders participating in the Warm Front Scheme in five urban...Read more
Energy efficiency and social programmes have failed to stem the dramatic increase in the number of fuel poor households in recent years. As the 2016 deadline for eradicating fuel poverty nears, energy efficiency and fuel poverty programmes are undergoing significant changes. The ambitions for...Read more
This study examines the links between under-occupancy and fuel poverty in private sector housing by: (1) Reviewing national data primarily from the English House Condition Survey 1996 (EHCS), and the English House Condition Survey 1996 Energy Report, along with other publications and research...Read more
