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@inproceedings{neto-bradley_a._p_tailoring_2019,\n\taddress = {Cambridge},\n\ttitle = {Tailoring {Residential} {Energy} {Provision} {Strategies} in {Fast}-{Growing} {Cities} using {Targeted} {Data} {Collection}},\n\turl = {https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/icsic.64669.151},\n\tdoi = {10.1680/icsic.64669.151},\n\tabstract = {Understanding the factors that influence energy transitions at a household level, is essential for designing and implementing successful strategies to promote the uptake of cleaner fuels and deliver associated socio-economic benefits in the rapidly growing cities of the Global South. In India over 30 percent of urban households are still reliant on traditional fuels for some portion of their energy needs. Such fast-growing cities often display intra-urban inequalities of considerable magnitude which can condition individual access to resources and impact the effectiveness of energy provision strategies for individual city wards and districts. Intelligent use of data can play an important role in addressing this spatial inequality. Energy transitions are often conditioned by a complex interaction of economic and social factors. Analysis of targeted locally collected data in combination with secondary data sources can provide a means of identifying appropriate strategies and incentives for specific wards and communities that policy makers and planners can enact. In this paper we will use the results of a survey of 420 households in 7 city wards in Bangalore, India and show how this micro-scale survey data can be leveraged using a novel conceptual framework. The high resolution offered by the micro-scale dataset was used to identify 5 different clusters of households as a result of energy use patterns and associated non-income characteristics. These typologies may be used to inform policy makers, entrepreneurs, and engineers on the influence of non-income barriers to energy transition for different types of low-income communities.},\n\tbooktitle = {International {Conference} on {Smart} {Infrastructure} and {Construction} 2019 ({ICSIC})},\n\tpublisher = {ICE},\n\tauthor = {Neto-Bradley, A. P and {Choudhary, R} and {Bazaz, A. B}},\n\tyear = {2019},\n\tdoi = {10.1680/icsic.64669.151},\n\tpages = {151--160},\n}\n\n
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\n Understanding the factors that influence energy transitions at a household level, is essential for designing and implementing successful strategies to promote the uptake of cleaner fuels and deliver associated socio-economic benefits in the rapidly growing cities of the Global South. In India over 30 percent of urban households are still reliant on traditional fuels for some portion of their energy needs. Such fast-growing cities often display intra-urban inequalities of considerable magnitude which can condition individual access to resources and impact the effectiveness of energy provision strategies for individual city wards and districts. Intelligent use of data can play an important role in addressing this spatial inequality. Energy transitions are often conditioned by a complex interaction of economic and social factors. Analysis of targeted locally collected data in combination with secondary data sources can provide a means of identifying appropriate strategies and incentives for specific wards and communities that policy makers and planners can enact. In this paper we will use the results of a survey of 420 households in 7 city wards in Bangalore, India and show how this micro-scale survey data can be leveraged using a novel conceptual framework. The high resolution offered by the micro-scale dataset was used to identify 5 different clusters of households as a result of energy use patterns and associated non-income characteristics. These typologies may be used to inform policy makers, entrepreneurs, and engineers on the influence of non-income barriers to energy transition for different types of low-income communities.\n
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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, volume 294, pages 012091, Tokyo, August 2019. IOP\n
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@inproceedings{neto-bradley_applicability_2019,\n\taddress = {Tokyo},\n\ttitle = {Applicability of an ‘uptake wave’ energy transition concept in {Indian} households},\n\tvolume = {294},\n\turl = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012091},\n\tdoi = {10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012091},\n\tabstract = {Reliable, secure, and affordable energy services are essential to ensuring sustainable economic and social development in the rapidly growing cities of the Global South, yet in India over 30 percent of urban households are still reliant on traditional fuels such as biomass and kerosene for some portion of their energy needs. Understanding the factors that influence energy transitions at a household level, is essential for successful strategies to promote the uptake of cleaner fuels and deliver associated socio-economic benefits. Such fast-growing cities often display intra-urban inequalities of considerable magnitude which can condition individual access to resources and impact the effectiveness of energy provision strategies for individual city districts. In this paper we will use the results of a survey of 500 households in Bangalore, India and explore how this data compares with the ‘wave concept’ model of energy transition. This ‘wave concept’ view of energy transitions focuses on appliance ownership as a proxy for energy services and conceptualises the uptake of appliances as a wave with early and late adopters rather than an income-based step change, and as a result better accounts for the role of non-income factors. The wards targeted by the survey cover a range of low-income ward typologies characterised by factors including income, livelihoods, building construction, socio-cultural factors, access to fuels, and reliability of supply. Validating an appropriate model for the uptake of new energy technologies and fuels in households, can better inform policy makers, entrepreneurs, and engineers on the influence of non-income barriers to energy transition across different districts of a city. By understanding how households use energy, and what limits the adoption of more efficient technologies at a local level, city planners and engineers can develop targeted sustainable strategies for adoption of cleaner more efficient fuels and appliances in households.},\n\tbooktitle = {{IOP} {Conference} {Series}: {Earth} and {Environmental} {Science}},\n\tpublisher = {IOP},\n\tauthor = {Neto-Bradley, A P and Choudhary, R and Bazaz, A B},\n\tmonth = aug,\n\tyear = {2019},\n\tpages = {012091},\n}\n\n
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\n Reliable, secure, and affordable energy services are essential to ensuring sustainable economic and social development in the rapidly growing cities of the Global South, yet in India over 30 percent of urban households are still reliant on traditional fuels such as biomass and kerosene for some portion of their energy needs. Understanding the factors that influence energy transitions at a household level, is essential for successful strategies to promote the uptake of cleaner fuels and deliver associated socio-economic benefits. Such fast-growing cities often display intra-urban inequalities of considerable magnitude which can condition individual access to resources and impact the effectiveness of energy provision strategies for individual city districts. In this paper we will use the results of a survey of 500 households in Bangalore, India and explore how this data compares with the ‘wave concept’ model of energy transition. This ‘wave concept’ view of energy transitions focuses on appliance ownership as a proxy for energy services and conceptualises the uptake of appliances as a wave with early and late adopters rather than an income-based step change, and as a result better accounts for the role of non-income factors. The wards targeted by the survey cover a range of low-income ward typologies characterised by factors including income, livelihoods, building construction, socio-cultural factors, access to fuels, and reliability of supply. Validating an appropriate model for the uptake of new energy technologies and fuels in households, can better inform policy makers, entrepreneurs, and engineers on the influence of non-income barriers to energy transition across different districts of a city. By understanding how households use energy, and what limits the adoption of more efficient technologies at a local level, city planners and engineers can develop targeted sustainable strategies for adoption of cleaner more efficient fuels and appliances in households.\n
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