Improvement of energy performance metrics for the retrofit of the built environment. Adaptation to climate change and mitigation of energy poverty

Filippín, Celina; Larsen, Silvana Flores; Ricard, Florencia

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.12.050

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“…Energy poverty directly affects the quality of life and health, and has a significant impact on the environment [24][25][26][27][28]. Increasingly, attention is paid to the links between energy poverty and the harmful effects on mental health [29][30][31].…”

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The problem of energy poverty in the activities of agricultural advisory centres in Poland

Piwowar

2021

PLoS ONE

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It is necessary in agricultural consulting to take into account the current problems as well as economic and social challenges facing rural areas. Undoubtedly, sustainable economy and energy policy is such a problem in Poland, including the issue of access to energy from renewable sources and financial possibilities of meeting the electricity demand of households and agriculture. Therefore, advisory and information activities in the field of reducing energy poverty and improving air quality are important. The main purpose of the paper was to identify and assess the role of advisory entities in the process of counteracting energy poverty in rural areas in Poland. The basic research method was an expert (survey) study. Research shows that the subject of energy poverty is relatively rarely taken up by consulting institutions as part of training courses, especially issues related to saving electricity in the household/agricultural sector are marginalized; monitoring and analysis of energy consumption; selection of technical devices in terms of energy efficiency. Based on expert research, there were identified consultancy activities that are and may be important in the topic under study. Experts indicated co-financing of activities in the field of energy efficiency as the preferred way to fight energy poverty in agriculture and rural areas. The results may constitute an important direction in the development of consultancy, the basis for building priority programs, which in turn may affect the behaviour and actions of farmers and other inhabitants of rural areas in the context of energy transformation. The performed research may constitute the basis for further, in-depth analyses in other countries and on an international scale.

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The problem of energy poverty in the activities of agricultural advisory centres in Poland

Piwowar

2021

PLoS ONE

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“…The thermal performance of a building depends on various parameters that can be classified into two major groups: design-physical factors of the environment and occupation factors [16] that have an effect on energy use of a 42 % and 4.2 %, respectively [17]. After considering these values, it was decided to analyse the environmental and design parameters to evaluate the impact of the building characteristics and demand on the energy vulnerability of households.…”

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Proposal for Prioritizing the Retrofitting of Residential Buildings in Energy Poverty Circumstances

Perez-Bezos

Grijalba

Irulegi

2020

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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The energy poverty derived from socio-economic imbalances affects mostly households with fewer economic resources, being social housing complexes one of the most vulnerable sectors. The insufficient access to energy and the incapability to maintain dwellings at an adequate temperature can have negative impact on people’s health due to the prolonged exposure to poor hygrothermal conditions. Therefore, the prioritization of building retrofitting actions must be carried out regarding the actual state of the housing and the family economy. This paper proposes the definition of a prioritization map that gave a general knowledge of the energy vulnerability situation of the existing building stock. To this end, the dwelling’s energy performance is analysed, focusing on the correlation among its characteristics and the energy vulnerability of its inhabitants. In this way, dwellings with high energy poverty potential are identified in order to develop different energy retrofitting strategies. By applying this method to 14 case studies of social housing in Bilbao, Spain, it was obtained a prioritization map with six levels of vulnerability that can serve as a tool for public entities to design their future strategies. It has been proven that building compactness and year of construction are important factors with a great impact on the heating demand and final consumption in dwellings. Acknowledging the vulnerability context of the building stock eases the decision-making process and the definition of intervention guidelines, prioritizing those in a situation of greater vulnerability.

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“…(Greening et al, 2000;Binswanger, 2001;Hertwich, 2005;Peters et al, 2012;Sorrell, 2007 and others). This has been explained as due to energy invisibility (Hargreaves et al, 2010), behavioral "lock in" (Maréchal, 2010;Maréchal and Lazaric, 2010), habitual practices (Maréchal and Holzemer, 2015, Lévy and Belaïd, 2018, Belaïd and Joumni, 2020, consumer inattention to energy efficient technologies (Sallee, 2014;Davis and Metcalf, 2016;Burlinson et al, 2018 a, b), social status and identity (Filippín et al, 2018).…”

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Scrutinizing the direct rebound effect for French households using quantile regression and data from an original survey

Bélaïd

Youssef

Lazaric

2020

Ecological Economics

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This article develops a quantile regression model to measure the magnitude of the direct rebound effect for residential electricity demand based on micro-level data from an original survey of a representative sample of 2,356 French households. We explore the rebound effect for different groups of residents. Traditionally, debate has focused on decreased prices for energy services due to efficiency improvements and their effects on energy demand. The methodological innovation provided by this paper is that it implements two theoretical estimation strategies: (i) energy efficiency elasticity of the demand for energy services, and (ii) price elasticity of the demand for energy services. Our findings reject the hypothesis of a backfire effect in the context of residential electricity use. Specifically, based on energy efficiency elasticity, we provide evidence of a rebound effect of between 72% and 86% but with substantial heterogeneity among consumption quantiles. Our results show that the direct rebound effect has critical relevance for energy efficiency policy in the face of energy invisibility in France.

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Improvement of energy performance metrics for the retrofit of the built environment. Adaptation to climate change and mitigation of energy poverty

Cited by 33 publications

References 24 publications

The problem of energy poverty in the activities of agricultural advisory centres in Poland

The problem of energy poverty in the activities of agricultural advisory centres in Poland

Proposal for Prioritizing the Retrofitting of Residential Buildings in Energy Poverty Circumstances

Scrutinizing the direct rebound effect for French households using quantile regression and data from an original survey

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