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LIFE & Horizon 2020 projects on energy poverty

Under the Horizon 2020 & LIFE programmes, the EC's European Climate, Infrastructure & Environment Executive Agency assists stakeholders to deliver the European Green Deal. The projects below deliver innovative solutions to combat energy poverty.

Building intErventions in vulNerable Districts against Energy poveRty

Project locations
Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Romania

CLEAR-HP aims to facilitate consumers’ access to heat pumps products by accompanying consumers throughout the whole purchasing journey, and by addressing financial and regulatory barriers.

Project locations
Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain

Community Tailored Actions for Energy Poverty Mitigation

Project locations
Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Ukraine

ComActivate responds to growing levels of energy poverty across the EU, especially in the CEE region, by addressing the poor energy efficiency of buildings as a major driver of energy poverty, and as a driver of climate change; 75% of the building stock in the EU is inefficient with buildings responsible for 36% of GHG emissions.

Project locations
Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria

CEES aims to test and refine actions – applying solidarity approaches – by which energy communities (ECs) can help alleviate energy poverty in their wider communities

Project locations
Croatia, France, Portugal, United Kingdom


DoppelPlus therefore relies on easy-to-implement behavioural changes that improves people´s quality of life and enable them to make a contribution to society.

Project locations
Austria

Empowering women to take action against energy poverty in the Mediterranean

Project locations
Albania, Croatia, France, Slovenia, Spain, Italy

Tailored measures supporting energy-vulnerable households

Project locations
France, Germany, North Macedonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands

Actions to mitigate energy poverty in the private rented sector

Project locations
Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom

JUSTEM works with regional authorities and citizens in five pilot regions to assess energy poverty in coal regions in transition, build regional capacity about energy energy and develop plans to alleviate energy.

Project locations
Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Spain

The project to support progress toward scale up of deep energy retrofit in the vulnerable district to fight energy poverty..

Project locations
France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands

Addressing local energy poverty through the creation of energy renovation offices

Project locations
Spain, Croatia, Bulgaria, Latvia

Supports public and private entities to develop a bold renovation programme while mainstreaming new financial schemes in the Porto Metropolitan Area north of Portugal’s Douro river

Project locations
Portugal

Social Energy Market Players to Tackle Energy Poverty

Project locations
Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Czechia, Spain

Empowering Energy Poor Citizens through Joint Energy Initiatives

Project locations
Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Spain

Home Renovation Roadmaps to Address Energy Poverty in Vulnerable Rural Districts

Project locations
Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Portugal, Spain

Deep REnovation roadmaps to decrease households VulnERability To Energy poveRty 

Project locations
Bulgaria, Greece, Latvia, Portugal

The project aims to accelerate the roll-out of certified green homes across Europe – including the development and adoption of over €100bn worth of green mortgages, loans and development finance

Project locations
Romania, Ukraine, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Slovakia

Connecting Obligated Parties to Adopt Innovative Schemes towards Energy Poverty Alleviation

Project locations
Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Spain

Solutions to Tackle Energy Poverty

Project locations
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, United Kingdom

Eurosolar for all: energy communities for a fair energy transition in Europe 

Project locations
Portugal, Spain, France, Italy

PPP financing for energy efficiency investments in social housing

Project locations
Denmark, Italy, Slovenia

Through the WELLBASED project, a team of city practitioners and researchers wants to change the lives of Hans, Maica and so many others. 

Project locations
United Kingdom, Latvia, Spain, Türkiye, Netherlands, Hungary, North Macedonia