Smith, DA;
(2014)
Domestic energy use in England and Wales: a 3D density grid approach.
Regional Studies, Regional Science
, 1
(1)
347 - 349.
10.1080/21681376.2014.986190.
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Abstract
Household energy use is of relevance for studies of sustainability and fuel poverty. Detailed mapping and spatial analysis is possible in the UK due to the release of fine-scale household energy-use data. The cartographical approach used here focuseson urban energy use and the relative performance of urban areas in England and Wales. The energy-use data were transformed to a 1 km 2 grid of cells allowing con-sistent comparisons to be made between urban areas at the same zonal scale. Addi- tionally cells were extruded according to population density, highlighting basic relationships between density and energy use. The urban perspective on energy use is important due to the strong influence of the built environment in determining energy efficiency, and furthermore due to the clustering of affluent and deprived social groups in cities. The results of the mapping highlight how the lowest and the highest energy-use districts are located within the same city-regions, and how further variations in energy use relate to housing density and energy-efficiency behaviours.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Domestic energy use in England and Wales: a 3D density grid approach |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21681376.2014.986190 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2014.986190 |
| Additional information: | © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. |
| Keywords: | Domestic energy use; Urban form; Density; consumption; 3D grid |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1463365 |
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