Understanding Energy Burden and its Potential Solutions for Atlanta (ppt)The Energy Burden in the Southeast (ppt)
Smart Cities Address Equity: The Case of Low-Income Energy Burdens (ppt)
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The US Southeast, Georgia, and Atlanta face multifaceted energy consumption and income challenges that contribute to high energy burdens in the region.
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Nationally, Atlanta ranks 4th highest in median energy burden levels (behind Memphis, New Orleans & Birmingham) and 3rd highest among low income household populations
- Atlanta’s high energy burden is particularly acute among low income, African-American and renter households and is concentrated within 6 of 25 zip codes
- Regression analysis points to predictors of energy burden in Atlanta that are associated with the “poverty cycle”
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Organization
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Dr. Marilyn Brown
(CO-PI)
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School of Public Policy
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Michael Oxman
(CO-PI)
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Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Scheller College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Dr. Beril Toktay
(CO-PI)
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Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Scheller College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Majid Ahmadi
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School of Public Policy (Climate & Energy Policy Laboratory)
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Naveed Ahmad
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Scheller College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Yasaman Mohammad Shahi
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H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Suzanne Burnes
Naajia Ahmed
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Collective Wisdom Group
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Sabrina Cowden
Luke Gebhard
Erik Froyd
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Milepost Consulting
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