CONSTRUCTING THE ENERGY POVERTY INDEX FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT INDICATORS
Purpose: The Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI), the dominant framework for measuring household energy deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), systematically excludes residential built environment variables, construction quality, thermal envelope performance, building code compliance, and informal settlement classification. This paper co...