User:Clayoquot/Energy poverty

"A household is defined as energy- or fuel-poor if they are unable to use household appliances and adequately heat and/or cool one's home to maintain decent living standards."

"energy poverty, in which the condition (often recognized via the term ‘fuel poverty’ or ‘domestic energy deprivation’) can be conceptualized as a household’s inability to secure a socially- and materially-necessitated level of energy services in the home (Bouzarovski and Petrova 2015)."

Causes:

EU: "high proportion of household expenditure spent on energy", low income, inefficient buildings and appliances"