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Achieving deep-energy retrofits for households in energy poverty

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|Jun 2023

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Figure 1

Workflow chart for selecting articles suitable for a systematic review of energy efficiency retrofits in households vulnerable to energy poverty.

Sources: Adapted from Mata et al. (2021) and Page et al. (2021).

Table 1

Geographical coverage by country of the content of articles included in the systematic review of energy efficiency retrofits in households vulnerable to energy poverty.

GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF ARTICLE BY COUNTRYCOUNT
Brazil1
UK17
France1
The Netherlands5
Canada2
Australia1
Italy1
United States3
Austria1
Lithuania1
Ireland2
Poland1
Multiple European Union countries1
Table 2

Continent of the first author’s institution of articles included in the systematic review of energy efficiency retrofits in households vulnerable to energy poverty.

CONTINENT OF THE FIRST AUTHOR’S INSTITUTIONCOUNT
Europe31
North America5
Australia/Oceania1
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Figure 2

Distribution of year of publication of articles included in the systematic review of energy efficiency retrofits in households vulnerable to energy poverty.

Table 3

Policy recommendations for retrofit policies targeted at households vulnerable to energy poverty

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RETROFIT POLICIES TARGETED AT HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE TO ENERGY POVERTYKEY SOURCES
  • Improve access to low or no-cost retrofit options combined with tenant-protection mechanisms

Hoppe (2012); Ossokina et al. (2021); Reames (2016); Reeves (2011); Baborska-Narozny et al. (2020)
  • Include a requirement for transparent resident engagement before, during and after retrofits to enhance, support, and protect tenant rights

Hughes et al. (2020); Prati et al. (2020); Seebauer (2021); Bal et al. (2021)
  • Disseminate knowledge of retrofit policies and programs through trusted communicators, with a focus on the sharing of direct experiences and social benefits aligned with the target community’s priorities. For example, community-based social marketing approaches have been used in low-income US neighborhoods

Reames (2016); Putnam & Brown (2021)
  • Take a holistic approach, emphasizing the co-benefits of energy retrofits in energy-poor households to improve policy support, harmonization of policies, retrofit uptake, and health and wellbeing benefits. For example, implementing a health and poverty alleviation program delivered by means of energy retrofit

Elsharkawy & Rutherford (2018); Friedman (2010); Howden-Chapman et al. (2005); Nicol et al. (2015); Cauvain & Karvonen (2018)
  • Implement government requirements to pursue retrofits aligned with overarching government climate policies, particularly within the social housing sector. For example, the Decent Home Standard in the UK effectively enabled retrofits in social housing

Lambrechts et al. (2021); Liu (2018); Reeves (2011); Tsenkova (2018)
  • Build capacity to collect, centralize and publicize key information about the building stock (e.g. building performance certificates, building quality) to help align retrofit projects with necessary upgrades, and increase understanding of the benefit of retrofits with key stakeholders such as tenants

Bright et al. (2019); Lowery et al. (2012)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.304 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 13, 2023
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Accepted on: May 15, 2023
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Published on: Jun 1, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Laura Tozer, Hannah MacRae, Emily Smit, published by Ubiquity Press
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