Building and fuel poverty, an index to measure fuel poverty: An Italian case study

Kristian Fabbri

Energy, 2015, vol. 89, issue C, 244-258

Abstract: Fuel Poverty is a big challenge for everybody: politicians, decision-makers, technicians, researchers, etc. In Italy, a strategy to solve fuel poverty involves action in order to reduce energy prices, the AEEG (Italian regulatory authority for electricity gas and water) has defined an Assist Tariff for poor people. Fuel poverty depends on family income and energy prices. Building energy performance also influences required energy consumption, and is a contributing cause of fuel poverty. Subsequently, it is possible to introduce a new Fuel Poverty risk Index, correlated to Building Energy Performance: the Building Fuel Poverty index. The Building Fuel Poverty Index (BFP) allows us to quantify how many buildings need direct action and/or just economic incentives.

Keywords: Fuel poverty; Building energy performance; Poor building; Energy performance certificate; Building efficiency policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.073

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