Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su12073027
Keywords
poverty; energy justice; built environment; planning policy; slum rehabilitation; energy service; demand-side management; housing design
Funding
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, through the Gates Cambridge Scholarship [OPP1144]
- Trinity College MCSC Scholarship
- Santander Mobility Grant
- Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Government of India (GoI) project titled CoE-FAST [14MHRD005]
- IRCC-IIT Bombay Fund [16IRCC561015]
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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The interaction of energy and buildings institutes a complex socio-technical system that influences the eudemonic well-being of the occupants. Understanding these drivers become even more necessary in impoverished areas where occupants struggle to avail essential energy services. The literature indicates that energy injustice can be addressed through provisioning of comfort, cleanliness, and convenience (3Cs) as critical cultural energy services in low-income areas. This study investigates the socio-architectural influence for slum rehabilitation housing (SRH) on cultural energy services that can promote distributive justice. The methodology adopts an empirical route using data from 200 household surveys from SRH in Mumbai, India, and Joao Pessoa, Brazil. A model between the 3Cs and socio-architectural elements was established using Firth's binary logistic regression. The survey results showed that the SRH in Brazil had twice the appliance ownership as compared to the Mumbai SRH. There were distinct energy service preferences in the study areas, despite common poverty burdens. The empirical results showed that the lack of socio-architectural design elements like open spaces, privacy, and walkability in the study areas demanded specific comfort and convenience appliances as a counter-response. A critical policy implication drawn was on the need for socio-architectural inclusive energy planning for distributive justice in poverty. Mitigating rising energy demand through appropriate built environment design of slum rehabilitation housing can contribute to fulfilling the UN's SDG 7 (clean and affordable energy) and 11 (sustainable cities and communities) goals.
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