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Rethink fuel poverty as a complex problem

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  • Keith J. Baker

    (School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University)

  • Ronald Mould

    (Renfrewshire Council)

  • Scott Restrick

    (Energy Action Scotland)

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Fuel poverty is a highly-complex social problem that is currently defined in technical and economic terms that prioritize energy performance measures as solutions. Yet considering the wider societal aspects of the condition demonstrates how adopting dynamic risk-based metrics can drive tailored and holistic folk-first outcomes.

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  • Keith J. Baker & Ronald Mould & Scott Restrick, 2018. "Rethink fuel poverty as a complex problem," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 3(8), pages 610-612, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:3:y:2018:i:8:d:10.1038_s41560-018-0204-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0204-2
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