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Chatterton, T. J., Anable, J., Barnes, J. and Yeboah, Godwin (2016) Mapping household direct energy consumption in the United Kingdom to provide a new perspective on energy justice. Energy Research & Social Science, 18 . 71 - 87. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2016.04.013 ISSN 2214-6296.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.04.013
Abstract
Targets for reductions in carbon emissions and energy use are often framed solely in terms of percentage reductions. However, the amount of energy used by households varies greatly, with some using considerably more than others and, therefore, potentially being able to make a bigger contribution towards overall reductions. Using two recently released UK datasets based on combined readings from over 70 million domestic energy meters and vehicle odometers, we present exploratory analyses of patterns of direct household energy usage. Whilst much energy justice work has previously focussed on energy vulnerability, mainly in low consumers, our findings suggest that a minority of areas appear to be placing much greater strain on energy networks and environmental systems than they need. Households in these areas are not only the most likely to be able to afford energy efficiency measures to reduce their impacts, but are also found to have other capabilities that would allow them to take action to reduce consumption (such as higher levels of income, education and particular configurations of housing type and tenure). We argue that these areas should therefore be a higher priority in the targeting of policy interventions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Households -- Energy consumption -- Great Britain , Dwellings -- Energy consumption --Great Britain , Energy policy -- Great Britain, Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Great Britain | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Energy Research & Social Science | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2214-6296 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | August 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 18 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | 71 - 87 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.erss.2016.04.013 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Energy demand for mobility and domestic life: new insights from energy justice | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 July 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 July 2019 | ||||||||
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