Plugging the Gap Between Energy Policy and the Lived Experience of Energy Poverty: Five Principles for a Multidisciplinary Approach

2018 ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Lucie Middlemiss ◽  
Ross Gillard ◽  
Victoria Pellicer ◽  
Koen Straver
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Energy Poverty

Energy poverty and cooking energy requirements: The forgotten issue in South African energy policy?

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Balmer
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
South African ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Human Need ◽  
Cooking Energy ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Low Income Households

Cooking energy is a necessary input for satisfying the basic human need of survival. Much has been written about poverty, energy, development, envi-ronment and gender, but unfortunately, recent poli-cies adopted by the South African government have completely failed to adequately address the issue. The focus of energy and most notably renewable energy policy has shifted form the previous approach of increasing access to energy sources for low-income households to addressing climate change issues. Pro-poor policies have suffered and important fuel such as wood fuel is not addressed. It is argued that without adequately addressing ther-mal requirements of low-income households, ener-gy poverty cannot be addressed. The aim of the paper is firstly, to contextualise cooking and cooking energy within a framework of household energy, poverty, multiple fuel use and gender issues and secondly, to provide an overview of the cost and externalities associated with household cooking. Lastly, the paper proposes interventions to address cooking energy in a sustainable manner in South Africa.

scholarly journals Energy Policy and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Global Problem

Energies ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 13473-13480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Dovì ◽  
Antonella Battaglini
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Global Problem

scholarly journals Get prepared for an emergency: An infographic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Blake ◽  
A Miller ◽  
A Rampton
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Best Practice Guidelines ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Study Methodology

© The Author(s) 2017. Effective preparedness messages increase human capacity to prepare, respond and minimise harm during an emergency. The purpose of this study was to highlight the development of a pictorial infographic resource for earthquake and other emergencies for older people, people with mobility issues and people with literacy concerns in Aotearoa/New Zealand. A case study methodology was used to enable an in-depth description of the processes involved in designing, developing and disseminating the infographic. Case studies provide a medium to represent communitysituated knowledge and expertise. They value context, specificity and lived experience. The second two authors drove the initiative, and project managed the production of the infographic. The first author conducted a semi-structured interview with the other two authors to garner details of the process. This interview was transcribed and the case study outline was crafted. The authors went on to produce this paper collectively. The outcomes of this case study include recommending that a multidisciplinary approach be used to engage a range of stakeholders, to produce suitable preparedness messages for a range of audiences. Designing preparedness resources necessitates an iterative method and collective decision-making by relevant stakeholders. International best-practice guidelines provide evidence to ensure suitable resources are produced and gaps in knowledge identified, so that emergency preparedness is accessible for all.

scholarly journals Humanising the Energy Transition: Towards a National Policy on Energy Poverty in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariëlle Feenstra ◽  
Lucie Middlemiss ◽  
Marlies Hesselman ◽  
Koen Straver ◽  
Sergio Tirado Herrero
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
National Level ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Level Energy ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
National Agenda ◽  
Early Action

Energy poverty is emerging as a national agenda in the Netherlands. Local authority leadership and action on this agenda, and European Union reporting requirements around the energy transition have aligned to create an opportunity to establish a national agenda on this issue. Early action on energy poverty by local authorities stemmed from their recognition of the value of addressing environmental, health, social welfare and poverty goals through measures to address the problem. In contrast, the experiences of vulnerable energy consumers have limited recognition in national policy. Meanwhile EU requirements for climate reporting include a specification for measuring and monitoring energy poverty. This growing momentum has resulted in an emerging interest in energy poverty as a means to achieve a just transition at a national level, as reflected in the Dutch National Climate and Energy Plan. In this paper, we profile the case of the Netherlands, and outline the opportunity we see for the development of an energy poverty agenda in national energy transition policy, as part of a multi-level energy governance effort. We report on a national stakeholder workshop that we led, linking the lived experience of energy poverty in the Netherlands with policy solutions. Following the clear call for a national policy in this workshop, we also outline a strategy for engagement with energy poverty in the Netherlands, published recently in a white paper on this topic.

scholarly journals A Phenomenological Evaluation of a Hybrid Model of Problem Based Learning for Multidisciplinary Healthcare Practitioners

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Hayes ◽  
Mark Davies
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Hybrid Model ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Healthcare Education ◽  
Interprofessional Learning ◽  
Major Benefit

This study reports on the evaluation, using a phenomenological approach, of a hybrid model of PBL, implemented with a cohort of fifteen students. Semi-structured interviewing provided an interpretive basis for the lived experience of teaching and learning in the context of a Masters Degree programme designed specifically for multidisciplinary postgraduate healthcare education. The findings point towards a differentiation of attitude from behaviour and are grouped into three themes of ‘Professionalism and the Value of Character’, ‘Perceived Cognitive Development and Meaningful Learning‘ and the ‘Situatedness of Learning and Knowledge Transfer’.  It was perceived by students that professionalism could be learned through the process of PBL, although they did not necessarily feel familiar or comfortable when this process was new to them. They perceived the major benefit of using a hybrid PBL as a teaching strategy was that it afforded all students in the cohort a means of being valued in their contribution to the sessions and in their wider contribution to a multi-disciplinary workforce. The significant degrees to which both interprofessional learning and the adoption of a multidisciplinary approach had impacted upon student engagement were the two most salient outcomes of the study

scholarly journals EU Energy Policy: A Socio-Energy Perspective for an Inclusive Energy Transition

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-161
Author(s):  
Anna Mengolini ◽  
Marcelo Masera
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Approach ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Societal Implications ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Eu Energy Policy ◽  
The Individual

AbstractThis chapter presents the evolution of EU energy policy, examining how concepts of inclusiveness and justice in energy have been progressively included in relevant energy policy documents. It discusses how EU energy policy has evolved to acknowledge the importance of the individual as well as the collective dimension of energy for an inclusive green transition. Recognizing the challenges linked to the translation of these concepts into concrete actions, the chapter elaborates a socio-energy system approach that can help in making visible important aspects of the energy transition that would go unrecognized in other analytical approaches that focus mainly on the technological side. There is an increasing awareness that the European Green Deal and other political initiatives for a sustainable future require not only technological change but also careful attention to the social implications of the transition. The chapter applies the proposed approach to smart metering technologies, discussing how the technology-centric view of the energy system is framed around the average consumer or early-adopter, leaving vulnerable groups and those living in energy poverty underrepresented. A socio-energy approach also challenges the predominant use of purely quantitative results such as energy or cost savings to evaluate the successfulness of initiatives tackling inclusiveness and fairness (e.g. energy poverty). Social outcomes of energy policy choices and technology arrangements need to be better investigated and accompanied by innovative ways to measure their success. The proposed socio-energy approach offers a way of including wider societal implications of the energy transition in the design of energy policies and in their implementation.

scholarly journals Energy Poverty, Institutional Reform and Challenges of Sustainable Development: The Case of India

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Jewitt ◽  
Sujatha Raman
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Energy Poverty

This article1 assesses recent efforts by the Indian government to tackle energy poverty and sustainable development. It focuses on the new integrated energy policy and initiatives to disseminate improved cookstoves and develop energy alternatives for transport. The success of government initiatives in cleaner biomass cookstoves and village electrification has historically been limited, and institutional reforms in the 2000s promoted market-led and ‘user-centred’ approaches, and encouraged biofuels as a ‘pro-poor’ route to rural development and energy security. The article argues that such interventions have reopened tensions and conflicts around land-use, intra-community inequalities and the role of corporate agendas in sustainable energy.

scholarly journals Get prepared for an emergency: An infographic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Blake ◽  
A Miller ◽  
A Rampton
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Best Practice Guidelines ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Study Methodology

© The Author(s) 2017. Effective preparedness messages increase human capacity to prepare, respond and minimise harm during an emergency. The purpose of this study was to highlight the development of a pictorial infographic resource for earthquake and other emergencies for older people, people with mobility issues and people with literacy concerns in Aotearoa/New Zealand. A case study methodology was used to enable an in-depth description of the processes involved in designing, developing and disseminating the infographic. Case studies provide a medium to represent communitysituated knowledge and expertise. They value context, specificity and lived experience. The second two authors drove the initiative, and project managed the production of the infographic. The first author conducted a semi-structured interview with the other two authors to garner details of the process. This interview was transcribed and the case study outline was crafted. The authors went on to produce this paper collectively. The outcomes of this case study include recommending that a multidisciplinary approach be used to engage a range of stakeholders, to produce suitable preparedness messages for a range of audiences. Designing preparedness resources necessitates an iterative method and collective decision-making by relevant stakeholders. International best-practice guidelines provide evidence to ensure suitable resources are produced and gaps in knowledge identified, so that emergency preparedness is accessible for all.

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