Subsidy

The Sponsorship Plan aims to provide financial incentives, in the form of government sponsorship, to encourage the use of RES and implement EXE measures in existing buildings that are legally used as residences and to contribute to the achievement of national RES and EXE obligations.

The Municipality of Budapest established a non-profit organisation which provides financial support to low-income consumers by subsidising their utility bills for one year.

The Single-family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH) programme was one of the California Solar Initiative’s (CSI) two low-income solar programs.

Flanders set up a fund for renovation loans with delayed payments tagetting energy poor who bought a house in poor condition, because monthly paments were lower than rent.

This measure provides households with financial assistance to replace the existing heating oil boilers with natural gas boilers.

The project of Renewable Energies in Rural Markets provides access to energy with renewable sources to the rural population of the country that does not have light because it is affected by the distribution networks.

The municipality can provide up to 50% subsidy for the façade and 30% for the roof of MFABs, up to €7,000 and €2,500 respectively.

A guide intended for all professionals who wonder about the devices available, at the national level, to help households with modest resources who are having difficulty paying their energy bills or achieving a correct level of thermal comfort in their homes.

The state of Walloon grants low-income households up to 1365 euros for works to improve living conditions. Such works include insulation/repairs, but also installation, repair or improvement of heating systems.

Under the Low-Stack Emissions Limitation programme, citizens can obtain co-funding for the replacement of old, and inefficient coal-fired boilers with new, more environmentally friendly heat sources: heat pumps, condensing gas and coil-fired boilers, connection to the district heating network.