Energy usage within households occurs in various forms, whether it is about heating, cooking or the use of electrical appliances. Comprehensive data on household energy consumption is already trying to paint a more accurate picture of its consumers. However, one important factor often does not receive the attention it deserves: gender. In the second part of the series, Kathrin Meyer explains how energy efficiency in the housing sector is wasted due to inadequate consideration of gender-responsive measures. The expression “the personal is political” has its origins in second-wave feminism and reveals the connections between social and political structures. Countless publications on care work, which describe unpaid labour such as childcare and domestic work, mostly done by women, show that housing is a shining example of how much truth is hidden within these words. Women are two to ten times more likely than men to perform unpaid household and reproductive tasks, contributing to an estimated 9% of the global GDP, if the hours spent on domestic tasks were to be given a monetary value. Thus, care … Continue reading Gender awareness: Energy efficient housing through gender-responsive measures. Pt. II