Energy Cost Burdens for Low-Income and Minority Households: Evidence From Energy Benchmarking and Audit Data in Five U.S. Cities

Business & Economics

• Audit 100%
• Energy Cost 84%
• Benchmarking 67%
• Burden 65%
• Minorities 63%
• Energy 58%
• Household 49%
• Low-Income Households 33%
• United States of America 30%
• Housing Affordability 25%
• Energy Policy 20%
• Energy Use 20%
• Costs 14%
• Research Strategy 12%
• Audit Reports 11%
• Savings 11%
• Socioeconomic Characteristics 11%
• Equity 10%
• Quality of Life 10%
• Relocation 10%
• Transportation Costs 9%
• Demographic Characteristics 9%
• Mitigation 9%
• Small Sample 9%
• Data Sources 9%
• Energy Consumption 8%
• Residents 8%
• Expenditure 6%
• Resources 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• audit 90%
• benchmarking 89%
• minority 88%
• income 66%
• household 62%
• city 42%
• cost 39%
• energy 37%
• household income 34%
• energy use 14%
• energy efficiency 14%
• residential energy 10%
• household energy 9%
• environmental justice 9%
• equity 7%
• relocation 7%
• quality of life 7%
• expenditure 7%
• savings 6%
• energy consumption 6%
• socioeconomics 5%
• mitigation 5%
• spatial resolution 5%
• policy 4%
• resource 3%
• climate 3%
• method 3%
• analysis 1%

Social Sciences

• benchmarking 86%
• audit 75%
• low income 60%
• energy 52%
• minority 51%
• costs 42%
• evidence 31%
• energy policy 12%
• efficiency 8%
• energy consumption 7%
• Environmental justice 6%
• household income 6%
• savings 5%
• building 5%
• expenditures 5%
• equity 4%
• quality of life 4%
• climate 4%
• resident 4%
• income 3%
• resources 2%
• experience 1%