Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

A measurement strategy to address disparities across household energy burdens

  • Eric Scheier,
  • Noah Kittner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27673-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Net energy metrics reveal disparities in United States household energy burdens. Here the authors find that at least five million households are excluded from current accounting methods, with race, education, and housing tenure accounting for large differences in energy burden.