Fixing Fuel Poverty

Author : Brenda Boardman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136545727
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fixing Fuel Poverty written by Brenda Boardman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in the early 90s, Brenda Boardman's Fuel Poverty has been the reference text for those wishing to learn about this complex subject. In this, its successor, she turns a critical eye to the new millennium and finds that the situation, while now more widely recognised, is far from having improved. The book begins by discussing the political awakening to the issue and exploring just who constitutes the fuel poor. It examines the factors that contribute to fuel poverty - low incomes, high fuel prices and poor quality housing - and looks at and evaluates the policies that have been employed to help reduce the problem. The latter part presents a detailed set of proposals based around long-term improvements in the housing stock that must be employed if we are to avoid a dire situation continuing to get worse. Based on detailed analysis of the situation in the UK, the growth of fuel poverty (sometimes called energy poverty) in other countries and the new focus in European policy makes the book timely and provides important lessons for those who now have to produce policies to tackle the issues.

Author : John Hills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fuel Poverty: the Problem and Its Measurement written by John Hills and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474115513
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cutting the Cost of Keeping Warm written by Great Britain: Department of Energy and Climate Change and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fuel Poverty Can be Stopped written by Paul Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385546149
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster written by Bill Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

Author : Brenda Boardman
Publisher : Belhaven
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fuel Poverty written by Brenda Boardman and published by Belhaven. This book was released on 1991 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kristian Fabbri
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128169532
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Fuel Poverty written by Kristian Fabbri and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Fuel Poverty describes key approaches to defining and alleviating fuel poverty in cities using a multidisciplinary perspective and multiple case studies. It provides empirical knowledge on the levels and intensities of energy poverty in urban areas, along with new theoretical perspectives in conceptualizing the multidimensionality of energy poverty, with special focus given to the urban environment. Chapters discuss what energy poverty is in terms of taxonomy, stakeholders and affected parties, addressing the role of the economy and energy bills, the role of climate and city factors, the role of buildings, and the health and psychological impact on fuel poverty. The book addresses how to measure energy poverty, how to map it, and how to draw conclusions based on illness and social indicators. Finally, it explores measures to ‘fight’ fuel poverty, including policy and governance actions, building efficiency improvements and city planning. Bridges interdisciplinary divides between policy and economy, cities and buildings, and health and society Addresses the physical performance of urban fuel poverty and their effect on thermal comfort and human health Provides strategies and policies to mitigate energy and fuel poverty

Author : Great Britain: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780101844024
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fuel Poverty written by Great Britain: Department of Energy and Climate Change and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor John Hills' report on fuel poverty (March 2012, DECC) found that the problem of fuel poverty was being measured in the wrong way. Proper measurement is integral in designing effective polices to counter fuel poverty. This consultation looks at changing the approach to measurement (currently based on whether a household would need to spend more than 10% of its income on energy to keep warm). Section 1 sets out the background to the Hills Review and summarises its main findings. Section 2 focuses on the proposal for a new definition (the Low Income High Costs indicator) and also covers the recommended changes to the methodology used to calculate the fuel poverty statistics. The proposed changes raises questions about how a new definition fits with t he current target, which is set out in the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000. Section 3 of this paper considers whether the definition and target should be aligned and how to achieve that. Finally, section 4 considers next steps. The Government intends to publish a refreshed fuel poverty strategy early in 2013 incorporating the new definition.

Author : Stefan Bouzarovski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319692992
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Poverty written by Stefan Bouzarovski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book aims to consolidate and advance debates on European and global energy poverty by exploring the political and infrastructural drivers and implications of the condition across a variety of spatial scales. It highlights the need for a geographical conceptualization of the different ways in which household-level energy deprivation both influences and is contingent upon disparities occurring at a wider range of spatial scales. There is a strong focus on the relationships among energy transformation, institutional change and place-based factors in determining the nature and location of energy-related injustices. The book also explores how patterns and structures of energy poverty have changed over time, as evidenced by some of the common measures used to describe the condition. In part, this means investigating the makeup of energy poor demographics across various social and spatial cleavages. More broadly, it also argues that energy sector reconfigurations are both reflected in and shaped by various domains of social and political organization, especially in terms of creating poverty-relevant outcomes.

Author : Claire Summer
Publisher : Bre Press
ISBN 13 : 9781848064416
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring Fuel Poverty written by Claire Summer and published by Bre Press. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRE has measured fuel poverty on behalf of the UK government since the 1990s. This publication discusses current and historical definitions of fuel poverty and shows how fuel poverty has been measured at national and local levels. It is aimed at housing associations, energy suppliers, policymakers, energy consultants and academics.