Modern fuels are an important enabler of social and economic development. Still, over 2
billion people rely on traditional biomass for their daily energy needs. To overcome the …

It is often stated that people do not desire energy itself but the 'energy services' it provides.
Despite its importance, initial searches revealed no obviously dominant definitions of the …

Occupant behavior has significant impacts on building energy performance and occupant
comfort. However, occupant behavior is not well understood and is often oversimplified in …

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is by far the most popular clean cooking fuel in rural India,
but how rural households use it remains poorly understood. Using the 2014–2015 ACCESS …

Social science related disciplines, methods, concepts, and topics remain underutilized, and
perhaps underappreciated, in contemporary energy studies research. To make this case, the …

The 'deep'decarbonization of the residential sector is a priority for meeting national climate
change targets, especially in countries such as the UK where natural gas has been the …

Improving household access and use of clean energy has been central to global
development efforts in recent years. The negative effects of energy poverty on health …

In this paper we evaluate the impact of knowledge about environmental and energy issues
on potential pro-environmental behaviour in households, specifically relating to behaviours …

We propose a method to examine structural and behavioral determinants of residential
electricity consumption, by developing separate models for daily maximum (peak) and …

Owing to recent concerns about the negative externalities of traditional fuel use on the
environment and health, the issue of the household fuel transition in developing countries …