Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews
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Resumo: | Energy poverty seriously affects living conditions and health. In spite of its mild climate, Portugal has been pointed out as one of the most vulnerable countries in the European Union. Due to the multidimensionality of energy poverty, attention needs to be paid to specific factors contributing to it in different contexts. This paper contributes to a better understanding of energy poverty by providing results from a study combining the use of an energy poverty vulnerability index and mapping - based on a detailed quantitative analysis of all 3092 civil parishes -, with interviews conducted with 100 households in ten hotspots across the country. The sample of interviewees includes both rural and urban dwellers, several family types, and individuals of different ages, social and economic status, and living in different types of buildings. Results show the extent, but also variability, of vulnerability to energy poverty throughout the country. Findings also show that households may consider normal and acceptable to feel both cold and hot at home, either in winter or in summer. This can hinder the social recognition of the energy poverty problem and the need to tackle its negative consequences on the well-being and health of the population. |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviewsEnergy povertyFuel povertyEnergy vulnerability indexHouseholdsEnergy poverty seriously affects living conditions and health. In spite of its mild climate, Portugal has been pointed out as one of the most vulnerable countries in the European Union. Due to the multidimensionality of energy poverty, attention needs to be paid to specific factors contributing to it in different contexts. This paper contributes to a better understanding of energy poverty by providing results from a study combining the use of an energy poverty vulnerability index and mapping - based on a detailed quantitative analysis of all 3092 civil parishes -, with interviews conducted with 100 households in ten hotspots across the country. The sample of interviewees includes both rural and urban dwellers, several family types, and individuals of different ages, social and economic status, and living in different types of buildings. Results show the extent, but also variability, of vulnerability to energy poverty throughout the country. Findings also show that households may consider normal and acceptable to feel both cold and hot at home, either in winter or in summer. This can hinder the social recognition of the energy poverty problem and the need to tackle its negative consequences on the well-being and health of the population.ElsevierRepositório da Universidade de LisboaHorta, AnaGouveia, João PedroSchmidt, LuísaSousa, João CarlosPalma, PedroSimões, Sofia2019-10-09T11:50:05Z20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/39765engPre-print version of: Horta, A., Gouveia, J. P., Schmidt, L., Sousa, J. C., Simões, S. (2019). Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews. Energy and Buildings, Vol. 203, Article 10942310.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109423info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-14T15:28:16ZPortal AgregadorONG |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews Horta, Ana Energy poverty Fuel poverty Energy vulnerability index Households |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews |
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Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews |
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Horta, Ana |
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Horta, Ana Gouveia, João Pedro Schmidt, Luísa Sousa, João Carlos Palma, Pedro Simões, Sofia |
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Gouveia, João Pedro Schmidt, Luísa Sousa, João Carlos Palma, Pedro Simões, Sofia |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Horta, Ana Gouveia, João Pedro Schmidt, Luísa Sousa, João Carlos Palma, Pedro Simões, Sofia |
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Energy poverty Fuel poverty Energy vulnerability index Households |
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Energy poverty Fuel poverty Energy vulnerability index Households |
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Energy poverty seriously affects living conditions and health. In spite of its mild climate, Portugal has been pointed out as one of the most vulnerable countries in the European Union. Due to the multidimensionality of energy poverty, attention needs to be paid to specific factors contributing to it in different contexts. This paper contributes to a better understanding of energy poverty by providing results from a study combining the use of an energy poverty vulnerability index and mapping - based on a detailed quantitative analysis of all 3092 civil parishes -, with interviews conducted with 100 households in ten hotspots across the country. The sample of interviewees includes both rural and urban dwellers, several family types, and individuals of different ages, social and economic status, and living in different types of buildings. Results show the extent, but also variability, of vulnerability to energy poverty throughout the country. Findings also show that households may consider normal and acceptable to feel both cold and hot at home, either in winter or in summer. This can hinder the social recognition of the energy poverty problem and the need to tackle its negative consequences on the well-being and health of the population. |
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Pre-print version of: Horta, A., Gouveia, J. P., Schmidt, L., Sousa, J. C., Simões, S. (2019). Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews. Energy and Buildings, Vol. 203, Article 109423 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109423 |
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