Bükkszentkereszt, a small settlement in the Bükk Mountains, faces significant energy poverty challenges. Most homes rely on firewood for heating due to a lack of natural gas infrastructure. A 2021 survey revealed outdated heating practices, low energy efficiency, high PM10 emissions, exacerbated by the use of wet firewood resulting to poor air quality and high energy costs for over a quarter of the population.
The strategic objectives were:
- through action days and community planning, to start thinking together to improve air quality moving away from unhealthy wood burning.
- identify and study the feasibility of different alternative technologies to serve the area in a cost-effective, less polluting way. Small villages typically lack their own.
The experts involved the community with the organisation of public consultation. Specific energy days were organised at schools. An on-line consultation was designed to collect additional feedback. Meanwhile, the experts visited different factories exploring the feasibility and cost effectiveness of different technologies. The final concept focus on the development of an energy courtyard that aim to move away from unhealthy wood burning practice. Identifying the most viable solutions required compromise and adapting the original goals to ensure the community's full support and effective adoption of the new technology.
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Countries impacted:
Hungary -
Geographical scale:
Regional and Local -
Energy poverty phase:
Implementation -
Intervention type:
Transparency and information sharingStakeholders' Engagement -
Type of funding:
EPAH Technical Assistance Scheme -
Website:
Case website -
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