Social housing challenges in the low - carbon transformation towards N et Z ero

该奖学金的目的是在英国努力实现2050年前净零碳排放的背景下，研究社会住房领域能源使用和低碳技术部署的变化模式。它始于这样一个前提，即在社会转型中，“没有人必须被落下”，以实现气候友好的未来（Filhoet al.2019）。英国目前正在进行这样的转型，主要是由“净零”承诺推动的。然而，走向低碳未来需要在能源技术和消费模式方面进行深刻的社会、经济和政治变革，对国家、城市和家庭的规划和生活方式产生深远的影响。（Bridgeet al.2013）。因此，“净零”是一个根本的地理问题，涉及到地方，空间和领土的基本关系（Bouzarovskietal.2017）。此外，现在已经确定的是，气候政策既可以改变现有的不平等，也可以随着它们的展开而创造新的不平等。能源转型可能会对参与这一进程并受其影响的行动者的社会、经济和政治脆弱性产生不利影响;从单个家庭到整个州（Sovacoolet al.2019）。在净零的背景下，能源公平界面的挑战在社会住房部门尤为明显，由于居住在这一部分住房中的人所面临的社会经济不稳定性比例较高，特别是收入较低和就业不稳定，（Waitt and Harada 2019）。虽然采用低碳技术的社会住房物业与多种挑战相关，但对于如何在确保充分参与的同时提高此类物业的能源性能的知识有限，受影响居民的信任和参与

Theaimof this studentship is to examinethechanging patterns of energy use andlow-carbontechnology deployment in the social housing sector,within the context of theUK's drive toachieve net zerocarbon emissions until 2050.It starts from the premise that'no one must be leftbehind' in societal transformations towards a climate friendly future(Filhoet al.2019).The UK iscurrently embarking on such a transformation, largely driven by the 'net zero'pledge. However,the movement towards alow-carbonfuture requiresdeepsocial, economic and politicalchangesin energy technologies and consumption patterns, withfar-reachingimplications on hownations,cities and homes are plannedandlived in(Bridgeet al.2013).As such 'net zero' is afundamentally geographical concern, touching upon fundamental relations of place, space and territory(Bouzarovskiet al.2017).Moreover, it is now well established that climate policiescanbothtransform existing inequalitiesandcreate new ones as they unfold.Energy transitions mayadversely affect the social, economic and politicalvulnerability of actors involved in,and affectedby,the process; from individual households to entire states(Sovacoolet al.2019).Challenges at the energy-equity interface in the context of net zero are particularly pronounced inthe social housing sector, owing tothe higher proportion of socio-economic vulnerabilities-particularly lower incomes and employment precarity-faced by people living in this part of thehousing stock(Waitt and Harada 2019).Whiletheupgradingofsocial housing properties withlow-carbon technologies is associated with multiple challenges,there is limited knowledge onhow to improve the energy performance of such properties while ensuring the full participation,trust and engagement of affected residents