Data collection

This project aimed at developing a GIS-based methodology, using information available in different public databases for detecting areas at risk of energy poverty, and identifying potential solutions for reducing it.

RETE 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.

The 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.

The project aimed to train 15 PhD researchers to design transformational pathways that tackle Energy Poverty and Justice. It supported in providing evidence and using the decentralised nature of ‘Positive Energy Districts’ and ‘Networks of Districts’ as the central platform of transformation, whilst recognising the economic, social and environmental challenges faced.

The project was designed to develop tailored solutions to energy poverty alleviation in order to reduce energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions in Romania. The goal of the project, was to deliver new insights and provide guidance on how to effectively integrate sustainable development strategies in local policy frameworks. The research, data analysis, and findings were presented to the local government in a policy paper and used to train the stakeholders at several workshops. These workshops brought together representatives from energy suppliers, local governments and academia to explore policy options and provide capacity building training.

The Znanjem do toplog doma (Warming homes with knowledge) project aimed to develop capacities for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Sisak-Moslavina County for energy advising and to establish cooperation between CSOs and local authorities to tackle energy poverty.

A technical study on Energy Poverty in the city of Madrid, which disclosed 23% of households at risk of energy poverty and pointed out households headed by women among most disadvantaged groups.

The Finnish Energy Observatory consisted of a network of experts aiming to address Finland’s most pressing energy challenges related to climate change. FEnO aimed to support evidence-based decision-making for Finland, and the Nordic region more widely, to achieve a clean energy transition without leaving anyone behind, i.e. to ensure the mitigation of social and energy inequalities.

A survey conducted by the city of Sztum targeted owners of and families living in 50 single-family houses in a quarter.

The study provides low cost solutions to improve the conditions of thermal well-being and in the evaluation of energy consumption in air conditioning in homes inhabited by families in situations of poverty or energy vulnerability, as well as providing low-cost, quick and easy application solutions.