Investigation of QoL-based evaluation methods for rural electrification outcomes in Southeast Asia

2022年，PI在菲律宾和马来西亚进行了现场数据收集，并参加了2022年的两次会议。继续使用2019-2022年接受太阳能系统的半结构化访谈，PI深化了对太阳能可再生系统对参与者生活质量领域的影响的探索。太阳能PVS提高了有学生的家庭的教育能力，使他们能够在晚上做作业。它有利于晚间和夜间的社交和家庭互动。它还减少了对煤油灯和汽车电池的依赖，对安全、生产力和家庭经济产生了负面影响。该研究还确定了其他重要的新出现的方面，即该系统在促进经济发展方面的能力限制，以及对生活方式周期因照明的广泛使用而发生转变的担忧。总而言之，该项目在理解电气化如何影响一个人的生活方面取得了进展。最后，在2022年，国际和平研究所与其研究伙伴布林建立了一项合作协议，以协助在印度尼西亚选定的地点收集数据，并计划与另外两个新伙伴进行联合研究。

In 2022, the PI conducted on-site data collection in the Philippines and Malaysia and participated in two conferences in 2022. Continuing the use of semi-structured interviews who received solar systems from 2019-2022, the PI deepened the exploration of the effects of solar renewable systems on Qol domains in the participants' lives. Solar PVs improved the capabilities for education among households with students, allowing them to do schoolwork at night. It benefited social and family interactions during the evenings and nights. It also reduced reliance on kerosene lamps and car batteries, negatively affecting safety, productivity and the household economy. The study also identified other important emerging aspects, i.e. the system's capacity limitations to promote economic development and concerns about the shift in lifestyle cycles with the extended use of lighting. In sum, the project progressed in understanding how electrification affects a person's life. Finally, in 2022 the PI has advanced in establishing a collaborative agreement with its research partner BRIN to assist in collecting data in the selected sites of Indonesia and plans for joint research with two other new partners.