Sustainability transitions research is increasingly engaged with the complexities of justice and equitability. In housing, policy lock-ins and infrastructural inequalities expose people to volatile energy markets, energy poverty and climate impacts. These problems have often been dealt with reactively, without resolving their underlying systemic and structural causes. We examine household energy vulnerabilities, their exposure and sensitivity to certain risks, and what their adaptive capacity is in navigating those. Based on qualitative case studies of social housing in Canada and housing cooperatives in Finland, we show that interconnected exposures and sensitivities to risks are contextual. This can lead to energy vulnerability, further triggered by changes in policies, energy markets and the environment. In Canada, neglected housing maintenance causes exposure, while in Finland, policy utilizing bottom-up action does not always strengthen household agency, especially for vulnerable households. We call for more empirical studies on household energy vulnerability in different contexts.

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使用能源脆弱性框架来了解可持续转型中的家庭机构：加拿大和芬兰的经验


可持续性转型研究越来越多地涉及正义和公平的复杂性。在住房方面，政策锁定和基础设施不平等使人们面临能源市场波动、能源贫困和气候影响。这些问题往往是被动处理的，而没有解决其根本的系统性和结构性原因。我们研究家庭能源脆弱性、他们对某些风险的暴露和敏感性，以及他们应对这些风险的适应能力。基于加拿大社会住房和芬兰住房合作社的定性案例研究，我们表明相互关联的风险敞口和风险敏感性是相关的。这可能导致能源脆弱性，并由政策、能源市场和环境的变化进一步引发。在加拿大，忽视住房维护会导致暴露，而在芬兰，利用自下而上行动的政策并不总是能加强家庭机构，特别是对于弱势家庭。我们呼吁对不同背景下的家庭能源脆弱性进行更多实证研究。