A justice and wellbeing centered framework for analysing energy poverty in the Global South

Energy Justice in Slum Rehabilitation Housing: An Empirical Exploration of Built Environment Effects on Socio-Cultural Energy Demand

“…Such that the energy services can be specified through the conventions of comfort, cleanliness, and convenience (3Cs), which drive the energy consumption culture in society [11]. It is the cultural energy services that convert energy into well-being [8]. In a recent study, Brand-Correa et al (2018) [12] explored the connection between well-being and energy use and called it human-scale energy services (HUSES).…”

“…It is the responsibility of an energy-just system to increase welfare by improving individuals' capabilities for maximising utility [7]. Distributive energy justice entitles people to a basic set of minimum energy services that enhance their eudemonic well-being [8]. However, the current literature lacks evidence on the thresholds of a minimum of energy services as energy consumption at a household level is principally viewed as a physical quantity that is measured in a standardised unit (kilowatt-hour (kWh)) [9].Besides, at the individual level, energy is consumed in the form of "cultural energy services", which is driven by a complex socio-technical system of energy and built environment interaction [6,10,11].…”

Energy justice, built environment and poverty: A deep-narrative analysis of energy cultures in Brazil, India and Nigeria for policy modelling

“…The state-of-the-art research on energy justice and poverty alleviation focus on two broad themes of essential energy services and well-being (Samarakoon, 2019) that redefines energy as a "… golden thread that connects economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability" (UN, 2012). In this vein, global efforts to address energy poverty are primarily framed in technical terms that modelled the physical dimensions of 'modern' energy services.…”

“…People use energy to derive specific energy services that contribute to their well-being, termed as human-scale energy services . For people living in poverty, they are likely to be concerned with the provisioning a range of essential energy services that can improve their well-being (Samarakoon, 2019). Physically these essential energy services must provide the minimum of lighting, cooling, heating, charging and powering appliances, while socio-culturally, it must also satisfy the need for comfort, convenience and cleanliness (Sovacool, 2011).…”

“…Physically these essential energy services must provide the minimum of lighting, cooling, heating, charging and powering appliances, while socio-culturally, it must also satisfy the need for comfort, convenience and cleanliness (Sovacool, 2011). The current energy governance regimes in the Global South are based on top-down institutional narratives focussed on accessing modern energy and arbitrary rates of minimum consumption that do not necessarily always translate into improved well-being effects (Munro & Schiffer, 2019;Samarakoon, 2019). Distributive energy justice provides a conceptual platform to integrate the spatial, temporal and social dimension of energy to maximise welfare benefits from energy services in poverty (Bartiaux, Vandeschrick, Moezzi, & Frogneux, 2018;Bouzarovski & Simcock, 2017;Sovacool & Dworkin, 2014).…”