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

这个项目的目的是在英国在2050年之前实现净零碳排放的背景下，研究社会住房部门不断变化的能源使用模式和低碳技术部署。它始于这样一个前提，即在迈向气候友好的未来的社会转型中，不能有任何人掉队(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，走向低碳未来的运动要求能源技术和消费模式发生深刻的社会、经济和政治变化，对国家、城市和住宅的规划和居住方式产生深远影响(Brigeet Al 2013)。因此，“净零”本质上是地理问题，涉及地方、空间和领土的基本关系(Bouzarovski et al.2017)。此外，气候政策既可以改变现有的不平等，也可以在新的不平等出现时创造新的不平等。能源转型可能对参与这一进程并受其影响的行为者的社会、经济和政治脆弱性产生不利影响；从单个家庭到整个国家(Sovooolet等人，2019年)。在净零的背景下，能源-公平界面的挑战在社会住房部门尤其明显，因为生活在这部分住房中的人面临着更高的社会经济脆弱性--特别是低收入和就业早熟(Waitt和Harada，2019年)。虽然用低碳技术升级社会住房物业涉及多重挑战，但关于如何在确保受影响居民充分参与、信任和参与的同时改善此类物业的能源表现，知识有限

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