Beyond the Energy Poor/Non Energy Poor Divide: Energy Vulnerability and Mindsets on Energy Generation Modes in Hungary

In the Hungarian as well as the international literature, debates regarding the methodology used for measuring energy poverty are ongoing. Our contribution sought to develop a methodology that would be relatively easy to measure via survey and have the potential to identify households’ energy vulner...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2021-10, Vol.14 (20), p.6487
Main Authors: Csizmady, Adrienne, Ferencz, Zoltán, Kőszeghy, Lea, Tóth, Gergely
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
consciousness
Energy
Energy consumption
Energy poverty
Family income
heating modes
Households
Housing
indicators
Low income groups
Polls & surveys
Poverty
Residential energy
Socioeconomic factors
Sustainability
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Summary:In the Hungarian as well as the international literature, debates regarding the methodology used for measuring energy poverty are ongoing. Our contribution sought to develop a methodology that would be relatively easy to measure via survey and have the potential to identify households’ energy vulnerability status beyond the energy poor/non energy poor divide. Based on a representative survey that was carried out in Hungary in 2018, we identified three groups of households: energy poor, non energy poor households, and a so-called transitional group, potentially at risk of energy poverty. In addition to socioeconomic differences, we analysed differences in the mindsets of respondents belonging to these three household groups concerning different aspects of heating energy generation (macrolevel aspects, such as environmental sustainability and energy supply system issues, and microlevel aspects, such as economic and technical issues). By this, the article aims to provide input for further research on factors, beyond the social and economic background, related to energy vulnerability.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14206487