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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Raill Castano-Rosa, Shinichiro Okushima
Summary: This study examines contextual factors of energy poverty in Japan through the perspective of vulnerabilities, using a multidimensional approach covering affordability, accessibility, and technological impacts. Results highlight the role of location, infrastructure, and household characteristics in influencing energy poverty risk in Japan. Seasonal patterns of energy poverty, with higher rates in northern regions during winter and southernmost regions during summer, are also analyzed. The impact of the ongoing energy transition on energy poverty is discussed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
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Environmental Studies
Stefan Bouzarovski, Manon Burbidge, Amish Sarpotdar, Mari Martiskainen
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between ethnicity and energy injustices in the UK, focusing on fuel poverty and energy vulnerability experienced by ethnic minorities. Using evidence from interviews, surveys, and secondary data, the paper provides insights into the manifestation and persistence of inequalities, as well as the patterns of deprivation resulting from marginalization and exclusion. The study finds that Black African communities are particularly affected by multiple vulnerabilities. The paper suggests the need to consider differentiated, intersectional and compounding energy vulnerabilities among ethnic minorities in future research and policy.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Recep Ulucak, Ramazan Sari, Seyfettin Erdogan, Rui Alexandre Castanho
Summary: The study conducted a bibliometric analysis of literature on energy poverty, revealing a growing interest in the topic and identifying key authors, contributions, and potential research gaps. The results also showed the network flows among researchers, publications, journals, keywords, and organizations in the field of energy poverty studies.
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Energy & Fuels
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Paul Upham, Mari Martiskainen, Kirsten E. H. Jenkins, Gerardo A. Torres A. Contreras, Neil Simcock
Summary: Tens of millions of households in Europe struggle to afford electricity, heating, and transportation, and recent high fuel prices may lead to more winter deaths. This study examines the causes and experiences of energy and transport poverty in the United Kingdom through focus groups and expert interviews. The findings suggest policies such as mandatory landlord energy efficiency upgrades, increased financial assistance to households, cheaper or free bus and train fares, and the expansion of bus services, which are accepted by both experts and the public. The study also proposes redesigning energy and transport systems to align with principles of energy and social justice.
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Ecology
Shinichiro Okushima
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between energy poverty and carbon mitigation policies by measuring people's basic carbon needs, revealing that energy poor households require more carbon emissions to fulfill their basic energy needs. The study emphasizes the importance of ensuring access to low-carbon energy for all in order to foster an inclusive low-carbon energy transition.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Review
Environmental Studies
Zeus Guevara, David Mendoza-Tinoco, David Silva
Summary: Energy poverty has significant implications for development strategies in both developed and developing countries, leading to reduced well-being and excess deaths. Despite increased attention in the past few decades, there is a lack of clear theoretical foundation and consistent conceptual and measurement approaches. The field has primarily focused on measurement rather than theoretical development, resulting in diverse and inconsistent metrics.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Economics
Christopher Lowans, Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio, Benjamin K. Sovacool, David Rooney, Aoife M. Foley
Summary: This review examines the latest developments in evaluation metrics used in energy and transport poverty, highlighting the challenge of unifying indicators in these areas. The inability to establish travel standards limits the potential to unify indicators in both fields and simultaneously alleviate these two forms of poverty.
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Economics
Fateh Belaid
Summary: This study develops an empirical model to investigate fuel poverty in Egypt and Jordan and identifies the factors contributing to fuel poverty. The results show that the proportion of fuel-poor households is higher in Jordan than in Egypt, and there are four different energy poverty profiles for each country. The study highlights the importance of improving economic conditions, reducing inequality, and promoting education to attenuate fuel poverty.
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Geography
Neil Simcock, Jan Frankowski, Stefan Bouzarovski
Summary: This paper argues that a lack of political and institutional recognition is at the core of the (re)production of domestic energy poverty. Through a case study of Poland and in-depth interviews, the author demonstrates how discourse marginalizes those suffering from energy poverty, leading to policy design and operation that perpetuates the issue. A progressive politics to address energy inequalities requires raising awareness about energy poverty and challenging narratives that blame disadvantaged groups for their own deprivation.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dylan D. Furszyfer Del Rio
Summary: This study explores the housing, energy, and mobility issues faced by Gypsies and Travellers in Northern Ireland, as well as the challenges to their health and quality of life. The research reveals the recurring poverty and vulnerability experienced by this marginalized group, along with patterns of resilience and coping strategies. It also highlights the troubling patterns of intolerance, discrimination, and cultural antagonism they face. Mechanisms to improve their quality of life and energy and mobility outcomes are discussed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Joel Millward-Hopkins, Elliott Johnson
Summary: Low energy demand pathways are crucial for achieving net zero emissions, but the distributional impacts of these pathways have been overlooked. This article analyzes the distributional effects of a low-energy-demand, net-zero scenario for the UK, using the concept of 'decent living energy'. The findings suggest that without addressing income and energy inequality, 9 million people in the UK may lack sufficient energy for decent living standards by 2050. Mitigating this requires reducing income inequality or ensuring access to highly energy-efficient technologies across all income levels.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Economics
Hedvika Kodouskova, Dominik Boruta
Summary: Slovakia, with an official energy poverty definition, lags behind in alleviating energy poverty and faces concerns about fairness. The multidimensional nature and specificities of energy poverty are not fully recognized in major policies, along with shortcomings in distribution and participation.
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Substance Abuse
Blessing Nyakutsikwa, John Britton, Tessa Langley
Summary: Tobacco and alcohol expenditure exacerbate poverty in low income households in the UK, with hundreds of thousands of additional households classified as living in relative poverty based on their income after deducting these expenditures.
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Environmental Studies
Sebastian Seebauer
Summary: The study suggests that distributional principles can be combined rather than standing alone in building renovations. Low-income renters can benefit from energy counselling to manage personal energy and renovation costs, and to increase awareness of renovation benefits and legal rights.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jan-Philipp Sasse, Evelina Trutnevyte
Summary: The low-carbon electricity sector in Europe can bring overall benefits of new investment, employment, and decreased emissions, but may contribute to regional inequalities between Northern and Southern Europe. Improving equity is an emerging priority in climate and energy strategies, but there is limited understanding of how these strategies would affect inequalities. Regional disparities in price, employment, and land use are particularly relevant in the electricity sector, which must decarbonize first to enable decarbonization in other sectors.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhigao Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Oleg Golubchikov
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Economics
Kate O'Sullivan, Oleg Golubchikov, Abid Mehmood
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nyuying Wang, Oleg Golubchikov, Wei Chen, Zhigao Liu
Editorial Material
Energy & Fuels
Maciej J. Nowak, Valentine Udoh James, Oleg Golubchikov
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Environmental Studies
Wei Chen, Oleg Golubchikov, Zhigao Liu
Summary: This paper explores the extent to which China's megaregions actually reveal polycentric versus monocentric structures, finding a divergence between morphological and functional organization. While some regions like the Pearl River Delta exhibit high degrees of functional polycentricity, the majority of others, even where morphologically polycentric, do not. The study suggests differentiated policies should be implemented for megaregions to achieve greater levels of polycentricity and spatial cohesion.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-URBAN ANALYTICS AND CITY SCIENCE
(2021)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Oleg Golubchikov, Mary Thornbush
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Environmental Studies
Mirjam Budenbender, Oleg Golubchikov
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOUSING POLICY
(2017)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Oleg Golubchikov
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORT POLICY AND POLITICS
(2017)
Article
Area Studies
Oleg Golubchikov
EURASIAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS
(2016)
Article
Geography
Lauren Andres, Oleg Golubchikov
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH
(2016)
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Urban Studies
Joseph Salukvadze, Oleg Golubchikov
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Development Studies
Yuri Golubchikov, Mikhail Golubchikov, Oleg Golubchikov
AREA DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Samiran Khorat, Debashish Das, Rupali Khatun, Sk Mohammad Aziz, Prashant Anand, Ansar Khan, Mattheos Santamouris, Dev Niyogi
Summary: Cool roofs can effectively mitigate heatwave-induced excess heat and enhance thermal comfort in urban areas. Implementing cool roofs can significantly improve urban meteorology and thermal comfort, reducing energy flux and heat stress.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Qi Li, Jiayu Chen, Xiaowei Luo
Summary: This study focuses on the vertical wind conditions as a main external factor that limits the energy assessment of high-rise buildings in urban areas. Traditional tools for energy assessment of buildings use a universal vertical wind profile estimation, without taking into account the unique wind speed in each direction induced by the various shapes and configurations of buildings in cities. To address this limitation, the study developed an omnidirectional urban vertical wind speed estimation method using direction-dependent building morphologies and machine learning algorithms.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Xiaojun Luo, Lamine Mahdjoubi
Summary: This paper presents an integrated blockchain and machine learning-based energy management framework for multiple forms of energy allocation and transmission among multiple domestic buildings. Machine learning is used to predict energy generation and consumption patterns, and the proposed framework establishes optimal and automated energy allocation through peer-to-peer energy transactions. The approach contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhances environmental sustainability.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ying Yu, Yuanwei Xiao, Jinshuai Chou, Xingyu Wang, Liu Yang
Summary: This study proposes a dual-layer optimization design method to maximize the energy sharing potential, enhance collaborative benefits, and reduce the storage capacity of building clusters. Case studies show that the proposed design significantly improves the performance of building clusters, reduces energy storage capacity, and shortens the payback period.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Felix Langner, Weimin Wang, Moritz Frahm, Veit Hagenmeyer
Summary: This paper compares two main approaches to consider uncertainties in model predictive control (MPC) for buildings: robust and stochastic MPC. The results show that compared to a deterministic MPC, the robust MPC increases the electricity cost while providing complete temperature constraint satisfaction, while the stochastic MPC slightly increases the electricity cost but fulfills the thermal comfort requirements.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Somil Yadav, Caroline Hachem-Vermette
Summary: This study proposes a mathematical model to evaluate the performance of a Double Skin Facade (DSF) system and its impact on indoor conditions. The model considers various design parameters and analyzes their effects on the system's electrical output and room temperature.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2024)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ruijun Chen, Holly Samuelson, Yukai Zou, Xianghan Zheng, Yifan Cao
Summary: This research introduces an innovative resilient design framework that optimizes building performance by considering a holistic life cycle perspective and accounting for climate projection uncertainties. The study finds that future climate scenarios significantly impact building life cycle performance, with wall U-value, windows U-value, and wall density being major factors. By using ensemble learning and optimization algorithms, predictions for carbon emissions, cost, and indoor discomfort hours can be made, and the best resilient design scheme can be selected. Applying this framework leads to significant improvements in building life cycle performance.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2024)