Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation

Background: Energy poverty has gained much traction over the last decades, holding both high multidisciplinary conceptual value, but also profound implications from a social policy perspective, being closely linked to the quality of life and well-being. The goal of our study is to evaluate recent me...

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Authors: Varo Barranco, Anaïs, Jiglau, George, Grossmann, Katrin, Guyet, Rachel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/23588
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Keyword:Pobresa
Poverty
Energia elèctrica -- Consum -- Europa
Electric power consumption -- Europe
Energia elèctrica -- Aspectes socials
Electric power -- Social aspects
Política energètica
Energy policy
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spelling Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovationVaro Barranco, AnaïsJiglau, GeorgeGrossmann, KatrinGuyet, RachelPobresaPovertyEnergia elèctrica -- Consum -- EuropaElectric power consumption -- EuropeEnergia elèctrica -- Aspectes socialsElectric power -- Social aspectsPolítica energèticaEnergy policyBackground: Energy poverty has gained much traction over the last decades, holding both high multidisciplinary conceptual value, but also profound implications from a social policy perspective, being closely linked to the quality of life and well-being. The goal of our study is to evaluate recent measures aimed at tackling energy poverty in Europe by analysing the extent to which they are innovative on technological and governance dimensions. We do so by building an analytical tool which combines evaluation criteria along these two dimensions and by employing it for the analysis of twenty measures aimed at tackling energy poverty that have been designed and employed in ten European countries. These measures were selected with the support of an expert panel. Results: We identify three categories of innovative measures aimed at alleviating energy poverty: (1) measures with high technological scores, (2) measures with high governance scores, and (3) measures with high scores on both axes. The measures in the third category incorporate a variety of actors in sustainable partnerships and implement monitoring tools throughout the process, complementary to incorporating new technologies into the domestic sphere and promoting consumer awareness and consumption pattern transformation. Conclusions: Our findings allow for a better perspective on the shape innovation takes in the context of energy poverty policies. Based on our research, we argue that combining technological innovation and governance innovation has a better chance of generating more articulate and scalable, and potentially successful measures with respect to their purpose of tackling energy poverty, since the drivers of energy poverty rarely pertain to only technology or only governance. Keywords: Energy poverty, Governance innovation, Technological innovation, Energy policy, Vulnerable consumers, Grassroots innovation1BioMed Central2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/23588Energy Sustainability And Society, 2022, vol. 12, núm. 49Articles publicats (D-DPU)Varo Barranco, Annaïs Jiglau, George Grossmann, Katrin Guyet, Rachel 2022 Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation Energy Sustainability And Society 12 49reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1186/s13705-022-00377-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/2192-0567Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/235882026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation
title Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation
spellingShingle Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation
Varo Barranco, Anaïs
Pobresa
Poverty
Energia elèctrica -- Consum -- Europa
Electric power consumption -- Europe
Energia elèctrica -- Aspectes socials
Electric power -- Social aspects
Política energètica
Energy policy
title_short Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation
title_full Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation
title_fullStr Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation
title_full_unstemmed Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation
title_sort Addressing energy poverty through technological and governance innovation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Varo Barranco, Anaïs
Jiglau, George
Grossmann, Katrin
Guyet, Rachel
author Varo Barranco, Anaïs
author_facet Varo Barranco, Anaïs
Jiglau, George
Grossmann, Katrin
Guyet, Rachel
author_role author
author2 Jiglau, George
Grossmann, Katrin
Guyet, Rachel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pobresa
Poverty
Energia elèctrica -- Consum -- Europa
Electric power consumption -- Europe
Energia elèctrica -- Aspectes socials
Electric power -- Social aspects
Política energètica
Energy policy
topic Pobresa
Poverty
Energia elèctrica -- Consum -- Europa
Electric power consumption -- Europe
Energia elèctrica -- Aspectes socials
Electric power -- Social aspects
Política energètica
Energy policy
description Background: Energy poverty has gained much traction over the last decades, holding both high multidisciplinary conceptual value, but also profound implications from a social policy perspective, being closely linked to the quality of life and well-being. The goal of our study is to evaluate recent measures aimed at tackling energy poverty in Europe by analysing the extent to which they are innovative on technological and governance dimensions. We do so by building an analytical tool which combines evaluation criteria along these two dimensions and by employing it for the analysis of twenty measures aimed at tackling energy poverty that have been designed and employed in ten European countries. These measures were selected with the support of an expert panel. Results: We identify three categories of innovative measures aimed at alleviating energy poverty: (1) measures with high technological scores, (2) measures with high governance scores, and (3) measures with high scores on both axes. The measures in the third category incorporate a variety of actors in sustainable partnerships and implement monitoring tools throughout the process, complementary to incorporating new technologies into the domestic sphere and promoting consumer awareness and consumption pattern transformation. Conclusions: Our findings allow for a better perspective on the shape innovation takes in the context of energy poverty policies. Based on our research, we argue that combining technological innovation and governance innovation has a better chance of generating more articulate and scalable, and potentially successful measures with respect to their purpose of tackling energy poverty, since the drivers of energy poverty rarely pertain to only technology or only governance. Keywords: Energy poverty, Governance innovation, Technological innovation, Energy policy, Vulnerable consumers, Grassroots innovation
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