In the project EnerSHIFT, 44 public housing buildings in Liguria will be renovated through innovative financing mechanisms. Energy performance contracts (EPC) will be signed, under which the investments made by the parties implementing the works (usually ESCo – Energy Service Companies) are offset by part of the energy savings obtained. The energy audits needed for EnerSHIFT were carried out by the technicians of the four Ligurian social housing agencies. After receiving specialised training from IRE Spa, the technicians carried out more than 100 audits on their local Public Residential Buildings assets.

The EnerGAware project's main onjective is to decrease energy consumption and emissions in an affordable housing pilot and increase the affordable housing tenants’ understanding and engagement in energy efficiency. The EnerGAware project will develop and test, in 100 affordable homes, a serious game that will be linked to the actual energy consumption (smart meter data) of the game user’s home and embedded in social media and networking tools. The EnerGAware solution will provide an innovative IT ecosystem in which users can design their own virtual home and Avatar and learn about the potential energy savings from installing energy-efficiency measures and changing user behaviour, whilst maintaining the comfort of their Avatar.

The aim was to revitalize an ageing district to improve the quality of life of its residents by three actions: (1)The complex energy renovation of the buildings in the district including their thermal envelopes; (2) The renovation of the old district heating systems existing in the neighbourhood to improve their performance; (3) The creation of a new district heating network, where heat is generated from biomass to supply the whole neighbourhood.

Energy Conscious Consumers ECO2 will facilitate a large amount of consumers to become conscious about and improve their energy efficiency. It will offer them two forms of learning. Either they choose to go alone through an online e-learning, or they choose to be brought through transformative group learning, in which the e-learning system supports the group processes. Together the two – single or group processes - provide attractive approaches for a wide array of consumer segments. The ECO2 processes are based on “blended” engagement methods, making use of both online and dialogue elements.

The initiative will involve the renovation and upgrade of 48 homes that will become almost self-sufficient, thanks to the integration of a photovoltaic system with a storage system to provide energy for the homes and a “condominium fleet” of electric vehicles. The project aim at reaching around 62.000 KW self-consumed energy per year, allowing the residents to reduce their carbon footprint but also their energy bills, since they will need to withdraw 60% less energy from the grid. The project will also make sure the benefits will be shared equally among all the residents

AirEx has developed the first affordable smart air brick solution for the retrofit housing market.The product is an IoT-enabled smart ventilation control system that replaces conventional airbricks in pre-1950s dwellings. It monitors relevant environmental parameters like temperature and humidity and subsequently opens or closes air-vents to optimise ventilation. Using cloud-based IoT algorithms, AirEx minimises cold airflow whilst ensuring sufficient air exchange to prevent moisture build-up, timber rot or poor indoor air quality.

The Znanjem do toplog doma (Warming homes with knowledge) project has two objectives: • Capacity Development for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Sisak-Moslavina County for energy advising • Establishing cooperation between CSOs and local authorities to tackle energy poverty

A technical study on Energy Poverty in the city of Madrid, which discloses 23% of households at risk of energy poverty and pointed out households headed by women among most disadvantaged groups. First results of the project revealed that in those households with a woman as a breadwinner, a total of 28.5% of these households live under some type of poverty (either energy poverty, monetary poverty or both). From and income and expenditure approach, 16.6% of the households expend more than 10% of their income in domestic energy needs (twice the median expenditure of the country). The 9.2% of these families suffer from both types of poverty (energy and monetary) simultaneously.

The Alisée project aims to support initiatives to reduce energy vulnerability and inequalities through sustainable reponses coordinated with all actors involved to problems encountered by working on the building, equipment, users and occupants, and by working with the various social and technical partners in the territories. Networking aims to equip professionals and volunteers with tools and methods to support households in energy poverty. It relies on raising the awareness of partners on energy and water saving, on training, on individual or collective support for inhabitants, on networking actors to set up a monitoring and data sharing system.

Implementation of One-stop shop to tackle energy poverty in the Grenoble metropolitan area. It aims to reduce consumption, find solutions to pay bills, increase income thanks to an identification by one of the partners, diagnosis, action plan examined by a multidisciplinary committee with adapted solutions.