Fuel poverty, affordability, and energy justice in England: Policy insights from the Warm Front Program

Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 361-371

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy poverty; Fuel poverty; Household energy security

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENERGY SECURITY; FREE ENERGY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY BILLS; ENERGY JUSTICES; ENERGY POVERTIES; FUEL POVERTY; HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCHEMES; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SECURITIES; POLICY MAKERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949658277     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.016     Document Type: Article

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