Horizon CDT PhD candidate Torran Semple (2021 cohort) has led a study that suggests that the actual number of households in fuel poverty across England could be up to 2.5 times higher than indicated by the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) measure.
“Given the fact all homes with an EPC rating of A-C are automatically excluded by LILEE, this raised questions for us as to whether its primary function is to measure fuel poverty or encourage energy efficiency upgrades.” -Torran Semple
Torran’s paper, An empirical critique of the low income low energy efficiency approach to measuring fuel poverty, has been published in the Journal of Energy Policy.
You can find out more about Torran’s study in the University of Nottingham Press Release.
Torran presented his findings at the Cost of Living Crisis Roundtable at the University of Nottingham Business School.
Tags: energy policy, energy poverty, energy security, spatial analysis
