Using environmental monitoring to complement in-depth qualitative interviews in cold homes research

Chavez, Anna Cronin de; Gilbertson, Janet; Tod, Angela; Nelson, Peter; Powell-Hoyland, Vanessa; Homer, Catherine; Lusambili, Adelaide; Thomas, Ben D. H.

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“…After this monitoring period interviews then took place in people's homes. This approach was similar to other studies (Tod et al, 2013;Tod et al, 2012;Powell-Hoyland et al, 2016;Cronin de Chavez et al,2017).…”

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“…The BWBH research project was an exploratory mixed-method study consisting of three phases: analysis of two English national surveys to examine rates of fuel poverty in households in which adults with learning disabilities live; a household study to gather information about the experience of fuel poverty undertaken by and co-produced with adults with learning disabilities; and co-production workshops to identify potential solutions. This paper reports the household study findings; this phase comprised of qualitative interviews and temperature and humidity measurements in households that included an adult with learning disabilities, building on methods used in prior research (Tod et al, 2012;Tod et al, 2016;Cronin de Chavez et al, 2017).…”

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Being Warm Being Happy: Understanding factors influencing adults with learning disabilities being warm and well at home with inclusive research

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The aim of the Being Warm Being Happy project was to understand and characterise fuel poverty and energy vulnerability from the perspective of adults with learning disabilities. Undertaken in community settings in South Yorkshire, UK, the study adopted an inclusive research approach, with three members of a self-advocacy organisation who have learning disabilities and/or autism working alongside academics as co-researchers. The study incorporated home temperature and humidity measurements and qualitative individual interviews. Ten households, all of which included an adult with learning disabilities participated in the research. Framework analysis identified four interrelated themes influencing decisions about energy use and payment method. First, energy need varied according to health status. Energy need was also influenced by the size, tenure and age of the participant's home. Second, emotions, attitudes and values, in particular a sense of control impacted upon energy use. Third, knowledge and previous experience could help or hinder participants keeping warm. Factors included prior first-hand experiences of support from self-advocacy organisations, energy companies and local authorities and the influence of parents' views and practices. Finally, concerns about affordability and challenges accessing the energy market also had an important impact on experiences and decisions. The research contributes to the limited evidence base about the nature and experience of fuel poverty amongst adults with learning disabilities highlighting the extent to which the existing energy system puts them at a disadvantage p. 2. Being Warm Being Happy: Understanding factors influencing adults with learning disabilities being warm and well at home: an inclusive research study

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Being Warm Being Happy: Understanding factors influencing adults with learning disabilities being warm and well at home with inclusive research

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Gilbertson²,

Bradley³

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“…Attention is in fact related to the ethical aspects of energy and to the necessity to guarantee its access to everybody [40]. However, the majority of theory-related papers are As described in several research works [33][34][35], the most used methodology for understanding the extension of the topic and for analyzing its characteristics in a specific context is to combine quantitative data from statistics (local, national, and European) with qualitative data. If the first category is more easy to find, the second one entails a deeper and closer relation with the local context.…”

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“…In this view, users are called to "shape new routines and enact system change" [58]; therefore, they seem to be autonomously drawn to behave in order to improve their condition while at the same time set an example for a deep change toward a more efficient energy consumption and use. Ultimately, they should be politically influential [56], hence acting as social and political actors [34,35].…”

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Future Design Approaches for Energy Poverty: Users Profiling and Services for No-Vulnerable Condition

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Analyzing data from the Energy Poverty Observatory in Europe, it emerges that more than 50 million households in the EU live in energy poverty (people that cannot heat their homes during winter; cannot make their homes comfortable during the summer; pay their energy bills late). Research studies realized in the last 20 years highlight that making energy demand efficient and effective is the more significant and socially important the more it is able to involve users who are unable to sustain energy demand. The evolution of the research sees a narrowing of the field of investigation by focusing on the user dimension of energy poverty, stressing the role of citizens not only as consumer but also as producers of solutions to tackle energy poverty, real energy communities of agents. The paper aims to provide a systematic literature review highlighting the major findings of the topic, investigating the relationship between spatial and social issues, and looking at the state of energy poverty by addressing the profiling of users and consequently of services useful to overcome their current vulnerable condition. The paper is structured in two core sections. The first one gives the results of a systematic literature review on the energy/fuel poverty topic, the second one deepens the role of communities and individuals need, crucial in defining new design approaches for supportive solutions to tackle energy poverty.

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“…The theme of the health consequences and additional healthcare costs associated with fuel poverty is continued with Cronin de Chavez et al's 15 paper which seeks to demonstrate the value of combining environmental measurements (such as measurements of temperature and humidity within the home) with insights into the lived experiences of fuel poverty garnered through indepth qualitative interviews with occupants. The paper distils a series of methodological lessons from across six discreet mixed methods studies that employed these approaches in tandem.…”

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The contemporary landscape of fuel poverty research

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Using environmental monitoring to complement in-depth qualitative interviews in cold homes research

Abstract: (2017). Using environmental monitoring to complement in-depth qualitative interviews in cold homes research. Indoor and Built Environment, 26 (7), 937-950. Copyright and re-use policy

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Being Warm Being Happy: Understanding factors influencing adults with learning disabilities being warm and well at home with inclusive research

Being Warm Being Happy: Understanding factors influencing adults with learning disabilities being warm and well at home with inclusive research

Future Design Approaches for Energy Poverty: Users Profiling and Services for No-Vulnerable Condition

The contemporary landscape of fuel poverty research

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