ON THE RELATION BETWEEN THE ENERGY AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR

Santamouris, M.; Kapsis, K.; Korres, D.; Livada, I.; Pavlou, C.; Assimakopoulos, M.N.
Fuel Poverty, Energy Consumption of Residential Buildings
Year:
2007
Bibliographic info:
The 6th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation & Energy Conservation in Buildings IAQVEC 2007, Oct. 28 - 31 2007, Sendai, Japan

Social, financial, energy and technical data from about 1110 households have been collected during2004 in the major Athens area. The sample has been divided in seven income groups and a detailedanalysis has been performed. Important conclusions have been drawn regarding the quality ofhouseholds, the operational conditions and the energy spent per income group. Low income people aremore likely to be living in old buildings with poor envelope conditions. The cost per person and unit areais much higher for the low income group for both heating and electricity. Fuel poverty is quite high,especially when the actual oil prices are considered.The present paper is based on the paper : M. Santamouris, K. Kapsis, D. Korres, I. Livada, C. Pavlouand M.N. Assimakopoulos : On the Relation Bewteen the Energy and Social Characteristics of theResidential Sector. Energy and Buildings. In Press, 2007

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