Mapping household direct energy consumption in the United Kingdom to provide a new perspective on energy justice
Mapping household direct energy consumption in the United Kingdom to provide a new perspective on energy justice
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DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2016.04.013
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发表时间：
2016-08-01
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6.7
通讯作者：
Yeboah, G.
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作者：
Chatterton, T. J.;Anable, J.;Yeboah, G.
减少碳排放和能源使用的目标往往仅仅是以减少百分比来确定的。然而，家庭使用的能源数量差异很大，有些家庭使用的能源比其他家庭多得多，因此，有可能对总体减少做出更大的贡献。使用两个最近发布的英国数据集的基础上，从超过7000万个家庭能源表和车辆里程表的综合读数，我们提出了直接家庭能源使用模式的探索性分析。虽然许多能源正义工作以前集中在能源脆弱性，主要是在低消费者，我们的研究结果表明，少数地区似乎对能源网络和环境系统造成了比它们所需要的更大的压力。这些地区的家庭不仅最有可能负担得起能源效率措施以减少其影响，而且还具有其他能力，使他们能够采取行动减少消费（例如较高的收入水平、教育水平以及住房类型和保有权的特定配置）。我们认为，这些领域因此应该是一个更高的优先级，有针对性的政策干预。(C)2016作者（S）爱思唯尔有限公司出版
Targets for reductions in carbon emissions and energy use are often framed solely in terms of percentage reductions. However, the amount of energy used by households varies greatly, with some using considerably more than others and, therefore, potentially being able to make a bigger contribution towards overall reductions. Using two recently released UK datasets based on combined readings from over 70 million domestic energy meters and vehicle odometers, we present exploratory analyses of patterns of direct household energy usage.Whilst much energy justice work has previously focussed on energy vulnerability, mainly in low consumers, our findings suggest that a minority of areas appear to be placing much greater strain on energy networks and environmental systems than they need. Households in these areas are not only the most likely to be able to afford energy efficiency measures to reduce their impacts, but are also found to have other capabilities that would allow them to take action to reduce consumption (such as higher levels of income, education and particular configurations of housing type and tenure). We argue that these areas should therefore be a higher priority in the targeting of policy interventions. (C) 2016 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.