ComActivate (Enabling Community Action for Energy Sufficiency)

International project

Energy poverty is a growing problem in the EU, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. The team in charge of the ComActive project responds to this by addressing the poor energy efficiency of buildings, focusing on Multi-Family Apartment Buildings (MFABs). The multinational consortium has chosen three municipalities in Bulgaria, Hungary and Lithuania. This approach will not only fight energy poverty, but foster energy security and support the EU to reach climate targets.

ComActive will develop, demonstrate and advocate solutions for MFABs that reduce energy poverty, enhance energy security, and bring building emissions in line with climate targets (near complete decarbonisation by 2050) through:

Institutionalisation of Resource Centres (RCs) at the local level as a recognised mechanism to reach energy poor communities and facilitate agreement in Home Owner Associations (HOAs);
Development of Neighbourhood Energy Sufficiency Roadmaps (NESRs) to address the complexities of renewable energies for MFABs and determine how energy needs can be secured in line with poverty alleviation and climate neutrality;
Building the capacity of HOA managers for the implementation of renovations, and raising awareness of communities to dispel concerns about the benefits of renovations; and
Public-private policy and investment dialogue at the national and EU level to enable the sustainability of RCs and the implementation of NESRs.