Mapping fuel poverty risk at the municipal level. A small-scale analysis of Italian Energy Performance Certificate, census and survey data

Riccardo Camboni, Alberto Corsini, Raffaele Miniaci and Paola Valbonesi

Energy Policy, 2021, vol. 155, issue C

Abstract: We use a statistical micro matching procedure to obtain a synthetic dataset to investigate the risk of fuel poverty in small areas. Specifically, we link 19,174 homes with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) in the Italian province of Treviso with information - from the General Census of Population and Housing and Household Budget Survey - about the socio-economic features of the families that most likely inhabit them. Based on this original dataset, we find that poor housing is as important as low income and the use of natural gas in determining fuel poverty. In particular, the risk of fuel poverty is increased by i) the energy inefficiency of the home; ii) the size of the home in relation to household size; iii) the lower total household expenditure. Conversely, the risk decreases when the main heating is natural gas and/or the home is endowed with renewable energy sources.

Keywords: Fuel poverty; Energy performance certificates (EPCs); Building efficiency; Energy: government housing policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I32 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112324

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