Implications of Declining Household Sizes and Home Comfort Expectations

With declining household sizes and increasing floor area per capita, energy demand is rising. This paper suggests that policies addressing lifestyle expectations and demographic trends could help reduce domestic energy consumption.

Context and quantification

Sectors

Scientific disciplines

Timeline

None

About the policy

Area

Climate Action, Energy

Instrument

Incentives

Intervention

Housing Size Management

Cost

None

Funding

None

Institutional arrangement

None

Impacts

Planetary boundaries impacted

Geographical scope

Human needs

Natural resources impacted

Stakeholders involved

Energy providers, Policy makers

Stakeholders impacted

Households

Wellbeing

Life Satisfaction

Justice consideration

Distributional

Metadata

Lead author nameKatherine Ellsworth-Krebs
Lead author genderFemale
Lead author institutionLancaster University
Lead author institution locationUnited Kingdom
Peer reviewed?true
Grey literature?false
Type of paperPolicy report
VolumeNone
Publication year2020
URL / DOIdoi:10.1038/s41560-019-0512-1
Sufficiency mentioned?true