Policy Review

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11655101
AutoresJohn Healy (0000-0003-1258-1896, University College Dublin, autor de correspondencia), John D Healy
Año2003
Volumen18
Número3
Páginas409-424
Fecha de publicación2003-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHousing Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0267-3037 • E-ISSN: 1466-1810
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02673030304242
OpenAlexW4251331179
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

Energy-efficiency levels in housing vary considerably across Europe. Poor energy efficiency results in a number of social problems, including fuel poverty and ill health, as well as excess energy consumption which leads to high levels of energy-related environmental emissions; the policy context for these air pollutants is now well established. In light of these policy-drivers, this paper presents a cross-country analysis of housing conditions, energy-efficiency levels, affordability and satisfaction with housing in 14 European countries using longitudinal datasets from the European Community Household Panel for the years 1994-97. Very little empirical analysis of European housing conditions has been undertaken previously. The results indicate the existence of three main typologies in Europe as regards housing conditions, with serious housing deprivation in southern Europe, in terms of poor thermal efficiency, high fuel poverty, burdensome housing costs and low housing-satisfaction rates. In northern Europe, problems of damp and overcrowding are found, especially in the UK, Ireland, France and Belgium. The policy implications of these findings are outlined

Consumption (sociology · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Efficient energy use · Energy consumption · Energy policy · Energy poverty · European community · Fuel poverty · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Overcrowding · Poverty · Public economics · Renewable energy · Sociology · Engineering · Housing Market and Economics