Energy poverty puts people’s health and wellbeing at risk, but many vulnerable households go undetected. Trusted intermediaries, such as doctors and community workers, can help solve this problem.
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Household gas and electricity bills aren’t the only way that expensive energy hits your budget.
For the first time, Australia has moved to cap natural gas prices in a bid to stop energy price pain. Is the cap too high – or was it necessary to mollify the producers?
People struggling to pay their power bills may never have anticipated experiencing such hardship. It’s time to tackle energy equity head-on.
Rising temperatures — and inflation — are increasing household energy bills. Many Canadians are struggling to meet their basic energy needs.
It’s been unusually cold, and energy prices are soaring. That spells trouble for the quarter of Australians who have very cold homes.
Millions of people will risk their health to afford heating and electricity in the months ahead.
Low-income households are disproportionately affected by rising energy prices. A new report compares approaches to energy affordability in the EU and Australia.
We found a link between energy poverty and wellbeing, inflammation and cardiovascular disease.
Developments in the energy sector shouldn’t be reduced to technological sophistication. They should be guided by how they improve the livelihoods of the intended beneficiaries.
One quarter of monitored social housing properties recorded winter temperatures below World Health Organisation standards for more than 80% of winter, new research shows.
The socio-economic and political factors that keep conventional energy out of reach of the poor can do the same with renewable energy.
As immunisation emerges as the world’s primary weapon to combat COVID-19, much more work is needed to improve electricity access so vaccines can be refrigerated.
Universal energy access can only be achieved if people have the capabilities to use the energy to transform their lives.
We interviewed 22 low-income Australians aged 65 or older. They present a heartbreaking picture of energy poverty and the loneliness that comes with it.
A long-term housing stimulus package that focuses on retrofitting to cut energy demand would also help households repay the debts being accumulated during this crisis.
While politicians ignore calls to raise Newstart, alarming levels of financial stress among private renters, particularly in low-rent outer suburbs, show why current welfare payments are too low.
While new buildings may be the glamorous eco-home pinups, retrofitting existing homes is the main game when it comes to creating energy-efficient, comfortable housing stock for all Australians.
Energy companies routinely cut off service to vulnerable people who experience energy poverty. Here’s how to fix the problem.
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor at the Lancaster Environment Centre and previously co-director of the DEMAND Centre, Lancaster University
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Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Professor, Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), University of Wollongong
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow at Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Energy and Society, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Ronald Henderson Research Fellow Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research & Brotherhood of St Laurence, The University of Melbourne
