Energy Justice: Key Concepts and Metrics Relevant to EERE Transportation Projects
For decades, transportation planning and policy has focused on optimizing the performance and efficiency of the transport system (Martens 2016). This focus on the technical aspects of improvement fails to account for the real-world human impact. This has had deep consequences on justice, as some populations have enjoyed the fruits of the improving system, while others have been excluded from the benefits, experienced negative externalities, faced health risks, or received reduced mobility and accessibility. The strong commitment of the Biden administration to energy justice provides important new opportunities for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) to further principles of transport equity and justice. Yet this increased emphasis also provides challenges as technology managers seek to incorporate potentially unfamiliar concepts from the social sciences into their research projects. This document provides VTO with a “primer” of key concepts and metrics relevant to energy equity and justice. This is a living document, subject to change, and is not intended to be comprehensive. It provides a starting point for further engagement and discussion.
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Corporate Authors:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, CO United States 80401 -
Authors:
- Romero-Lankao, Patricia
- Nobler, Erin
- Publication Date: 2021-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 15p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Equity; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Project management; Transportation planning
- Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Energy
- Subject Areas: Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01781890
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: NREL/TP-5400-80206
- Contract Numbers: DE-AC36-08GO28308
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 20 2021 2:52PM