Plateforme de lutte contre la précarité énergétique

With a budget between 100.000 and 1M€, the project aims to implement a one-stop shop (https://www.grenoble.fr/demarche/400/659-plateforme-de-lutte-contre-la-precarite-energetique.htm ) to tackle energy poverty in the Grenoble metropolitan area. It brings together all the actors likely to intervene and a single referent directs towards the institutions likely to respond: appointment with the platform, orientation towards a diagnosis with a social worker, a lawyer from the ADIL, The solutions will be adapted to the needs: excessive consumption, unpaid bills or risk of disconnection, feeling of discomfort in the home, knowing the rights. Together with the expert, the aim is 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: work, financial aid, legal advice etc.

The project started in 2012 and is ongoing. It benefited the energy poor and low income population. It addresses the topics of behaviour, coping strategies, income, indoor comfort (thermal comfort, housing quality), information and awareness, debts, insulation, law and legislation, education, quality of dwelling, energy access and consumption, energy audits, energy efficiency and social support.