Impact assessment
Energia in Periferia (Energy in the suburbs)
National projectBanco dell'energia received funds from private donors with the aim to develop the project "Energy in the suburbs". Banco dell'energia identified non-profit organisations deeply rooted in the city of interest and able to take an active part in the project. Their role was to identify the beneficiaries (vulnerable families in energy poverty), to pay them energy bills through the funds received by Banco dell'energia and to do a timely report of payments. Moreover, the non-profit organisations carried out the activity of energy education and data collection.
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COVID-HAB - COVID-19 confinement, housing and habitability
National projectThe unique national study on habitability in the Spanish homes during the COVID pandemic, including perceived comfort, IEQ and habit changes, with relevance on use of energy.
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Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes
National projectWarm Up New Zealand was a government-subsidized residential energy efficiency and clean energy program, addressing respiratory illnesses and winter mortality rates. The Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (EECA) collaborated with home insulation companies, regional councils, energy trusts, and other partners to provide low-income households with grants covering 60% of the cost of insulation.
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New Zealand
Warmer Kiwi Homes
New Zealand
Healthy Homes Initiative
Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes Rental programme
National projectWarm Up New Zealand is a government-subsidized residential energy efficiency and clean energy program, addressing respiratory illnesses and winter mortality rates. The Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (EECA) collaborated with home insulation companies, regional councils, energy trusts, and other partners to provide low-income households with grants covering 60% of the cost of insulation.
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New Zealand
Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes
New Zealand
Warmer Kiwi Homes
New Zealand
Healthy Homes Initiative
Warmer Kiwi Homes
National projectWarmer Kiwi Homes was a four-year Government programme offering grants covering two-thirds of the cost of ceiling and underfloor insulation.
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New Zealand
Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes
New Zealand
Healthy Homes Initiative
Healthy Homes Initiative
National projectThe Healthy Homes Initiative programme managers at the Ministry of Health are helped by other government agencies, or middle actors in the community to identify eligible families, with the aim to carry out a comprehensive housing assessment by certified Home Energy Performance Advisors, and devise individualised action plans to help create warmer, drier, healthier homes.
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New Zealand
Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes
New Zealand
Warmer Kiwi Homes
RETE ASSIST
National projectRETE ASSIST is an Italian network of operators and stakeholders working on energy poverty. It was created to consolidate, strengthen and carry on the work started within the European ASSIST project.
It proposes a multi-level approach in line with the need for a holistic solution to deal with complex and multidimensional problems that embrace aspects ranging from social to technical. It addresses both operators (physical persons) and public and private actors (legal persons) working on the ground to tackle energy poverty.
The underpinning concept of RETE ASSIST is to empower all actors and facilitate the flow of information between them.
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Valencia Energy Office
National projectThe Valencia city council, through the Valencia Climate and Energy foundation, has launched the first Energy Office in the city. The Energy Office aims to operate as a one-stop-shop to assess, inform and give support to the citizens in terms of energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy poverty and energy transition.
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SSA - Solar Savers Adelaide: Solar PVs for Low-Income Households
National projectThe project aimed to help low-income households access solar energy which can help manage the costs of air conditioning (as Southern Australia is experiencing greater intensity and more frequent heatwaves).
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Australia
VHHP - Victorian Healthy Homes Program
SocialWatt
European projectSocialWatt aimed to enable obligated parties under Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive across Europe to develop, adopt, test and spread innovative schemes to alleviate energy poverty. The appropriate tools developed within the framework of SocialWatt aimed to help utilities and energy suppliers effectively identify energy poor households, as well as develop and monitor schemes that focus on increasing the energy efficiency of these houses. The ‘SocialWatt Analyser’ tool combined such data with other available data (national, regional and local statistical data, data from social services etc.) to support utilities and energy suppliers identify energy poor citizens.
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Germany