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Energy Poverty Alleviation

New Approaches and Contexts

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Editors:
  1. Carlos Rubio-Bellido

    1. University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain

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  2. Jaime Solis-Guzman

    1. University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain

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  • Presents up-to-date research and analysis on energy poverty alleviation

  • Includes contributions from international and multidisciplinary experts in the field

  • Offers real-life case studies from around the world

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. New Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Energy Poverty (Re)Invented? Concept and Regulatory Gaps in the EU Amidst the Decarbonisation Process

      • M. Kottari, M. Cornelis
      Pages 3-16

    3. Energy Poverty in Developing Regions: Strategies, Indicators, Needs, and Technological Solutions

      • U. Ruiz-Rivas, Y. Tahri, M. M. Arjona, M. Chinchilla, R. Castaño‐Rosa, J. Martínez-Crespo
      Pages 17-39

    4. Reducing Energy Poverty and Carbon Footprint of Social Housing Projects

      • M. D. Alba‐Rodríguez, C. Rivero‐Camacho, R. Castaño‐Rosa, M. Marrero
      Pages 41-66

    5. Gentrification in Deteriorated Urban Areas and Its Relationship with the Index of Vulnerable Homes (IVH)

      • L. Delgadillo, R. Castaño-Rosa, A. Martínez-Rocamora, J. Solís-Guzmán
      Pages 67-90

    6. Towards the Comprehensive Bonus for Social Housing Services

      • Y. Vidal Diaz, Fco. J. Guevara-Garcia, M. Leon-Muñoz, I. Guzman Carrizosa
      Pages 91-151

    7. From the Regional Assessment to the Local Identification of Energy Poverty

      • A. Sanz Fernández, C. Sánchez-Guevara Sánchez, M. Núñez Peiró, M. Gayoso Heredia
      Pages 153-169

  3. Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Energy Poverty in Japan: Current Trends and Future Challenges

      • J. A. Pulido-Arcas, S. Okushima, R. Castaño-Rosa
      Pages 173-184

    3. Energy Poverty in Finland: Reality and Challenges in the Face of Climate Change

      • R. Castaño-Rosa, J. Taylor, S. Pelsmakers, M. Gullman, H. Sukaden
      Pages 185-208

    4. Ecuadorian Social Housing: Energetic Analysis Based on Thermal Comfort to Reduce Energy Poverty

      • E. Delgado-Gutierrez, J. Canivell, D. Bienvenido-Huertas, C. Rubio-Bellido, D. Delgado-Gutierrez
      Pages 209-224

    5. Analysing the Effectiveness of the Energy Conservation Measures to Reduce Energy Poverty Cases in the Southern Regions of Spain

      • D. Bienvenido-Huertas, K. Berti, E. Delgado-Gutierrez, D. Sánchez-García, D. Marín-García
      Pages 225-238

    6. Evaluating the Possibility of Applying the Poverty-Adaptive Degree Hourly Index (PADHI) in Andalusia

      • D. Bienvenido-Huertas, K. Berti, E. Delgado-Gutierrez, D. Marín-García
      Pages 239-254

    7. Assessing the Possibility of Using Adaptive Setpoint Temperatures in Buildings in Southern Spain to Reduce Energy Poverty

      • D. Bienvenido-Huertas, K. Berti, D. Sánchez-García, D. Marín-García
      Pages 255-266

    8. Measuring Energy Poverty at the Urban Scale: A Barcelona Case Study

      • S. Tirado-Herrero
      Pages 267-284
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About this book

This book presents research on energy poverty alleviation, approaching the complex phenomenon topic holistically and with heterogeneity. It includes contributions from research teams studying the topic at a national, regional and local levels worldwide.

The book is divided in two main blocks. The first part, New Approaches, involves novel assessments and concepts from a global and multidisciplinary point of view. The second part, Contexts, offers new theoretical diagnoses focused on case studies of different scales from around the world, and concepts for future trends.

Energy Poverty Alleviation will be of interest to policy makers, stakeholders, academics and researchers with knowledge in the energy poverty field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain

    Carlos Rubio-Bellido, Jaime Solis-Guzman

About the editors

Carlos Rubio Bellido is an Associate Professor of the Construcciones Arquitectónicas II Department at Universidad de Sevilla. He is an international member of the academic committee of the Master in Sustainable Habitat and Energy Efficiency, as well as a member of the board of the Doctorate in Architecture and Urbanism, at Bio-Bio University. He teaches several courses related to energy, urban planning and building management. He has published extensively in the fields of poverty, energy efficiency, thermal comfort, adaptive comfort, energy consumption and climate change.

Jaime Solís Guzmán is an Associate Professor in the Construcciones Arquitectónicas II Department at Universidad de Sevilla. He is currently coordinating two projects: one on transfer to the productive sector called Andalusian Ecological Certificate for the Construction of Buildings and the second on energy poverty, called New Comprehensive Analysis of Energy Poverty in Andalusia. He has published over 70 research works in the fields of Sustainable construction, waste management, energy poverty, and impact assessment.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Energy Poverty Alleviation

  • Book Subtitle: New Approaches and Contexts

  • Editors: Carlos Rubio-Bellido, Jaime Solis-Guzman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91084-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91083-9Published: 15 January 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91086-0Published: 16 January 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91084-6Published: 14 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 284

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Building Types and Functions

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