Including the closely related terms poverty, and fuel poverty.
… Councils 2O1O-2O13 NI187 Tackling fuel poverty - % of people receiving income based benefits living in homes with a low and high energy efficiency rating Rationale: To measure progress in tackling fuel poverty through the improved energy efficiency of households inhabited by people claiming income based benefits. Definition: The indicator measures the proportion of households on income related…
… system where as numbers closer to 100 indicate a very energy efficient house. SAP is the Government's recommended system for energy rating of dwellings. SAP is being used as a proxy for fuel poverty in households of people claiming income based benefits, given the link between income poverty and fuel poverty. ‰ Low energy efficiency - A SAP rating of less than 35 ‰ High energy efficiency - A SAP…
… rating of 65 or more Fuel poverty is the requirement to spend more than 10% of household income to maintain an adequate level or warmth and includes non- heating fuel use. Adequate level of warmth follows World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines of 21°C in main living areas and 18°C in other areas. Housing - all households in both private and social sectors. The survey is based on an annual…
… homes. Because the cost of fuel is volatile and generally increasing, more people are likely to suffer fuel poverty and this has important social and health inequality impacts. Inequality, poverty and climate change issues are closely connected. According to Oxfam (2010) people in poverty are most vulnerable to negative climate change impacts, as they tend to have lower levels of physical and mental…
… health, live in worse housing with less access to insurance, and have fewer resources to cope with rising costs. There is great potential to reduce CO2 emissions and tackle fuel poverty by improving the energy efficiency of the overall housing stock. Redditch Borough Council still maintains around 6000 social housing properties while Bromsgrove has a number of partnerships with housing associations…