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Economics
Jayash Paudel
Summary: This article evaluates the impact of ethnic fractionalization on different indicators of energy poverty in Nepal. The results show that ethnic fractionalization leads to an increase in energy poverty among Nepalese households, with low-caste individuals being particularly affected. Income appears to mediate the effect of ethnic fractionalization on energy poverty in Nepal.
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Environmental Studies
Rossella Bardazzi, Luca Bortolotti, Maria Grazia Pazienza
Summary: There is a significant correlation between income poverty and energy poverty, which may be influenced by socio-economic inequalities. The relationship between economic inequality and energy poverty has been confirmed in the context of Italian regions, suggesting that comprehensive strategies implemented spatially are needed to address this issue.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
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.
Article
Energy & Fuels
David Bienvenido-Huertas, Ana Sanz Fernandez, Carmen Sanchez-Guevara Sanchez, Carlos Rubio-Bellido
Summary: This study aims to assess the risk of energy poverty in the municipalities in Andalusia (Spain) and develop a new indicator to prioritize assistance based on their differences. The new indicator combines proxy indicators related to building energy efficiency, climate severity, income conditions, and gender gap to globally assess energy poverty.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Alexis Perez-Fargallo, Laura Marin-Restrepo, Sergio Contreras-Espinoza, David Bienvenido-Huertas
Summary: Energy poverty is a complex phenomenon, and various indicators have been developed to assess it. However, greater complexity does not necessarily mean greater precision. In the case of Chile, the Energy Poverty Network developed the Three-dimensional and Territorial Indicator of Energy Poverty (EPTTI) to evaluate the energy poverty situation of Chilean families. This study analyzed the consistency between individual responses and the EPTTI evaluation, and identified the variables that have the greatest influence on energy poverty assessments.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ilan Wiesel, Julia de Bruyn, Jordy Meekes, Sangeetha Chandrashekeran
Summary: In recent years, there has been increasing concern about the hollowing out of the middle class due to polarization processes. This paper examines different conceptualizations of polarization and introduces the concept of expenditure-adjusted polarization, which considers not only income but also various categories of expenditure at a household level. By analyzing longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, the study shows that Australian society is significantly more polarized with fewer middle-income households when income groups are based on expenditure-adjusted income. Housing expenditure plays a prominent role in this polarization with distinct spatial patterns. However, there is no evidence of temporal polarization in Australia between 2005 and 2019, indicating no substantial change in the size of income groups over time regardless of the income measures used. The study argues for a more nuanced conceptualization of polarization to inform urban scholarship and policy.
Article
Economics
Rohan Best, Mara Hammerle, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya, Jacques Silber
Summary: Governments are challenged in allocating public funds for energy assistance programs to households in greatest need, due to complexity of household energy challenges contrasting with the need for simpler policy approaches. Common targeting approaches based on income or welfare status often lead to high diversion of funds to households not experiencing significant energy stress. Alternatives such as setting wealth thresholds or targeting specific categories of welfare recipients may more consistently identify households facing energy poverty.
Article
Economics
Musharavati Ephraim Munyanyi, Kwabena Mintah, Kingsley Tetteh Baako
Summary: The study examined the relationship between energy poverty and housing tenure in Australia from 2005 to 2018. Results showed that energy poverty had a negative impact on homeownership and rent to own transition, while having a positive impact on own to rent transition. The study concludes with a discussion on the policy implications.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Gum-Ryeong Park, Michel Grignon, Marisa Young, James R. Dunn
Summary: This study examines the association between housing assets, income, and mortality among older adults in Canada. Results show that both low housing assets and low income are associated with higher mortality rates. However, housing assets do not significantly moderate the link between income and mortality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kiran Batool, Zhen-Yu Zhao, Huaping Sun, Muhammad Irfan
Summary: Energy poverty has garnered global attention as it negatively impacts income, education, health, and the environment. However, there is a lack of research examining the linkages among these dimensions, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. To address this research gap, a study was conducted to analyze the relationship between these variables and test hypotheses. Survey data from university students was collected and analyzed using SPSS 26 for statistical description and correlation analysis, and AMOS 26 for constructing a structural equation model. The findings reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates energy poverty in Pakistan, which in turn significantly influences income poverty, health poverty, educational poverty, and environmental poverty. The study concludes with practical suggestions based on the research findings.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Carunia Mulya Firdausy, Dwi Andayani Budisetyowati
Summary: Criticism of using the income/expenditure poverty line to estimate poverty in Indonesia has led to questioning the use of the multidimensional poverty line (MPL) measurement. Research shows that both poor and non-poor household heads, as well as interviewees, see the MPL measurement as a comprehensive and superior method of measuring poverty. However, the important dimensions and indicators for developing the MPL measurement were mostly related to capability, empowerment, and opportunity.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yao Wang, Boqiang Lin
Summary: This study analyzes the energy poverty situation in Chinese households and finds a correlation between income poverty and energy poverty. However, the existing income poverty policies are not sufficient for the majority of energy poverty households, suggesting the need for specific energy poverty policies.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Weiwei Wang, Yifan Zhao
Summary: This study is the first to explore the impact of natural disasters on household income in China. The findings show that natural disasters increase income inequality, especially for poor households.
Article
Economics
Isaac Koomson, Michael Danquah
Summary: This study examines the effect of financial inclusion on energy poverty in Ghana using multidimensional measures, finding that an increase in financial inclusion is associated with a decrease in household energy poverty. Results show consistency across different quasi-experimental methods, with a more significant impact on rural and male-headed households. Consumption poverty and household net income are identified as potential channels through which financial inclusion influences energy poverty.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Pablo Hernandez-Cruz, Irati Uriarte, Juan Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos, Inigo Antepara, Ivan Flores-Abascal
Summary: This paper presents a simple and novel procedure for managing heating energy consumption in social housing dwellings to guarantee a minimum indoor temperature. The procedure was tested in a social housing building in the Basque Country, Spain, and showed reliable results with an acceptable error rate in estimating the heating consumption needed for a specific indoor temperature. The study concludes with suggestions for energy policies. Evaluation: 7/10.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Raul Castano-Rosa, Roberto Barrella, Carmen Sanchez-Guevara, Ricardo Barbosa, Ioanna Kyprianou, Eleftheria Paschalidou, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Dusana Dokupilova, Joao Pedro Gouveia, Jozsef Kadar, Tareq Abu Hamed, Pedro Palma
Summary: The study shows that global warming and extreme weather events are increasing, leading to higher demand for air conditioning and energy consumption. Rising temperatures in the future may result in increased cooling needs, particularly impacting northern countries.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miguel Nunez-Peiro, Anna Mavrogianni, Phil Symonds, Carmen Sanchez-Guevara Sanchez, F. Javier Neila Gonzalez
Summary: Urban climate researchers have found that Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) are accurate in modeling large time series, with potential for reducing the need for training data without compromising model accuracy. Selecting Urban Heat Island (UHI) intensity as the main model output has shown to be more effective than temperature approaches under most scenarios, leading to improved reliability and cost effectiveness.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Miguel Nunez-Peiro, Carmen Sanchez-Guevara Sanchez, F. Javier Neila Gonzalez
Summary: Field measurement campaigns have seen exponential growth in recent years due to the need for reliable data to validate urban climate models and understand urban climate features better. Researchers are still investigating the potential of LCZs and its indicators for urban temperature variability detection, with results suggesting room for improvement.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Helena Lopez-Moreno, Miguel Nunez-Peiro, Carmen Sanchez-Guevara, Javier Neila
Summary: The paper presents a systematic methodology to identify and classify residential urban areas according to representative Homogeneous Urban Zones (HUZs), aiming at improving the analysis of urban block energy behavior. This methodology merges current urban classifications and defines representative urban block indicators using geographic information systems.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Sajid Mehmood, Jesus Lizana, Miguel Nunez-Peiro, Serguey A. Maximov, Daniel Friedrich
Summary: This research evaluates the impact of climate change on buildings in different extremely hot climates and identifies the best resilient cooling solutions to increase heat resilience capacity. The results show that passive solutions such as ventilative cooling, reflective and ventilated roofs, shading in windows, and roof insulation can provide energy savings and reduce indoor discomfort in extremely hot climates. Increasing thermostat settings and sufficient ventilation are effective strategies to decrease energy demand. However, there are trade-offs between energy-saving and heat resilience when ventilation is not adequately addressed.
Review
Archaeology
Ines Costa-Carrapico, Javier Neila Gonzalez, Rokia Raslan, Carmen Sanchez-Guevara
Summary: This article reviews the methods and challenges in thermal comfort evaluation and modeling of vernacular dwellings and provides recommendations for future improvements. The main challenges identified include inadequate current standards, reliance on steady-state approaches despite their limitations, lack of a clear monitoring framework and insufficient occupant surveying, uncertainties from inaccurate in situ monitoring, and inaccurate modeling due to a lack of consistent methodology and software limitations. The recommendations include improving current comfort standards and models, conducting long-term field studies, establishing a common monitoring framework, and developing a standard for hygrothermal model calibration.
JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Marta Gayoso Heredia, Carmen Sanchez-Guevara Sanchez, Miguel Nunez Peiro, Ana Sanz Fernandez, Jose Antonio Lopez-Bueno, Gloria Gomez Munoz
Summary: The feminisation of energy poverty in Madrid cannot be measured through statistics for women who are not the main breadwinners. Qualitative research has revealed the impact of gender roles on women's experiences of energy poverty, including responsibility for home well-being, influence on energy consumption patterns and habits, emotional effects, and gender-based segregation of capabilities. Future studies should focus on personal experiences and integrate quantitative research to address gender inequality dynamics.
ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
David Bienvenido-Huertas, Ana Sanz Fernandez, Carmen Sanchez-Guevara Sanchez, Carlos Rubio-Bellido
Summary: This study aims to assess the risk of energy poverty in the municipalities in Andalusia (Spain) and develop a new indicator to prioritize assistance based on their differences. The new indicator combines proxy indicators related to building energy efficiency, climate severity, income conditions, and gender gap to globally assess energy poverty.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Carmen Sanchez-Guevara, Jose Antonio Lopez-Bueno, Miguel Nunez Peiro, Cristina Linares, Ana Sanz Fernandez
Summary: Climate change is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of heat waves, leading to rising temperatures in Spain. Urban density and lack of green spaces exacerbate the urban heat island effect, while inefficient housing energy use and high energy prices contribute to the problem. Interventions focusing on reducing population exposure to extreme temperatures and associated health risks are necessary.
REVISTA DE SALUD AMBIENTAL
(2021)
Meeting Abstract
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
J. A. Lopez-Bueno, J. Diaz, C. Sachez-Guevara, G. Sanchez-Martinez, M. Franco, P. Gullon, M. Nunez-Peiro, C. Linares
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Meeting Abstract
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
J. A. Lopez-Bueno, J. Diaz, C. Sanchez-Guevara, G. Sanchez-Martinez, M. Franco, P. Gullon, M. Nunez-Peiro, C. Linares
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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)
