New Dimension of Housing Problem: Energy Poverty and Student Households

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 39, 51 - 68, 04.01.2025

Esma Aksoy Khurami , Manolya Aldıçoğlu

https://doi.org/10.29224/insanveinsan.1557358

Öz

This study aims to evaluate whether natural gas investments, considered energy-related improvements in urban areas, contribute to the welfare of households in coping with energy poverty. The difficulties experienced in the access and use of energy, a dimension of the right to housing, have been examined. The energy poverty experience of student households living in the Kötekli neighborhood of the Menteşe/Muğla has been evaluated with objective measurement methods through six-month panel data. In addition, student households are subjected to various questions during the semi-structured interviews to assess energy poverty subjectively. The results revealed no significant differences based on the six-month total average expenditures between the heating expenditures of those who benefit from the central heating system and the individual heating system. However, monthlyheating costs and their share in the students' budget were evaluated separately; it was observed that there were cases in which students using the individual heating systemencountered different extreme values of energy cost. Even some turned off the heating completely to reduce costs. Finally, the study also revealed that the natural gas infrastructure investment developed after the construction of the units could not be used for other energy purposes.

Anahtar Kelimeler

energy poverty, housing problem, student, individual heating, central heating

Proje Numarası

TÜBİTAK 19198012109239

Barınma Sorununda Yeni Bir Boyut: Enerji Yoksulluğu ve Öğrenci Hane Halkları

Öz

Bu çalışma, kentsel alanda enerji kaynaklı iyileştirme olarak kabul edilen doğalgaz yatırımlarının öğrenci hane halklarının barınma/konut hakkı ekseninde değerlendirilmesini hedeflemektedir. Bu doğrultuda hane halklarının refahına katkı sağlaması beklenen altyapı yatırımı ile barınma hakkının bir boyutunu oluşturan enerjiye erişimde/tüketimde yaşanan zorluklar irdelenmiştir. Muğla/Menteşe ilçesi Kötekli mahallesinde yaşayan öğrencilerin enerji yoksulluğu deneyimi altı aylık takibi kapsayacak şekilde üretilen panel veri aracılığıyla nesnel ölçüm yöntemleri ile değerlendirilmiştir. Ayrıca gerçekleştirilen yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmelerde enerji yoksulluğu konusunda öznel değerlendirme yapılmasına imkân veren bir dizi soru yöneltilmiştir. Sonuçlar merkezi ısıtma sisteminden yararlananların ısınma harcamaları ile bireysel doğalgaz ısıtma sisteminden yararlananların altı aylık toplam üzerinden ortalama harcamaları arasında ciddi farklılıklar olmadığını ortaya koymuştur. Her ayın ısınma masrafı ve öğrencilerin bütçesindeki payı ayrı ayrı değerlendirildiğinde bireysel ısıtma sisteminden yararlanan öğrencilerin uç değerlerle karşılaştığı ve masrafları azaltmak için ısıtmayı tamamen kapattığı gözlenmiştir. Ayrıca konutların inşasından sonra geliştirilen doğalgaz altyapı yatırımının her tür enerji ihtiyacı için kullanılamadığı tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

enerji yoksulluğu, konut sorunu, öğrenci, bireysel ısıtma, merkezi sistem

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Araştırmaları Etik Kurulu 03.06.2022 tarihli Protokol no: 220090, Karar no:70 izni ile yürütülmüştür.

Destekleyen Kurum

TÜBİTAK

Proje Numarası

TÜBİTAK 19198012109239

Teşekkür

Bu çalışma TÜBİTAK 19198012109239 No’lu 2209-A Üniversite Öğrencileri Destekleme Programı kapsamında yürütülmüştür.

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