What is energy poverty? What are the causes and who is mostly affected? How is it approached at European, national and local level? Are there projects and measures in place in my municipality? Where can I find examples of how stakeholders take action to tackle the phenomenon?
The 6th EPAH lunch talk was about the identification of the actors involved in addressing energy poverty and understanding how to engage them and what is the optimal approach to act effectively against energy poverty.
Lorca city in Spain suffered an earthquake in 2011. This small city with 93.000 inhabitants, located in the southeast of Spain, submitted a proposal during the first Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) call of technical assistance in 2022.
Addressing energy poverty requires a robust diagnosis that provides the most complete possible picture of the energy poverty situation.
The situation depicted in this figure is captured by the energy poverty indicator “Inability to keep home adequately warm’’ which represents the share of the population who declare if they can afford or not to keep their homes at a suitable temperature.
The new ‘’EPAH Handbook 1: A Guide to Energy Poverty Diagnosis’’ is kicking off the series of practical guides for local governments and practitioners on how to address energy poverty, by focusing on the assessment of energy poverty locally.
More and more municipalities are concerned about the challenge of energy poverty and decide to take action. As a matter of fact, besides purchasing emergency aid to avoid power outages, the process of overcoming energy poverty is relatively new.
2022 brought an unprecedented challenge for European citizens when it comes to access to energy and energy bills.
The second EPAH lunch talk discussed the importance of indicators in energy poverty assessments at local scale.
Energy poverty diagnosis should be anchored in a set of diverse indicators that portray the different causes and facets of this issue at different scales.