EnPover - Municipalities Municipal low-cost energy efficiency measures to alleviate energy poverty

The EnPover project aimed to support municipal actors to fight energy poverty on their territories and equip them with a set of universal and ready-to-use tools boosting implementation of low-cost energy efficiency measures in households most prone to energy poverty. Also, a network of municipal professionals exchanging relevant ideas and good practices was created and a series of inspiring workshops and exchanges were organised. And last, but not least, the project envisaged designing and implementation of model awareness-raising campaigns that may inspire other cities to follow.

The project was a good example of highlighting the municipalities' role in tackling energy poverty, raising their awareness of the topic and providing them with a collection of different tools to be used locally to support energy poor and vulnerable consumers. It was implemented in 9 pilot municipalities, who built their capacities and exchanged on how to tackle energy poverty on the local level. They also launched pilot awareness-raising campaigns targeting energy-poor and vulnerable.

With a budget between 100.000 and 1M euros, the EnPover project contributed its share to tackling energy poverty in Europe through the following activities:

• establishing a network of municipal professionals interested in advancing the topic in their municipalities.
• mapping and consulting relevant stakeholders, i.e. public authorities and organisations working with vulnerable households to seek their expertise and advice.
• collecting best practice examples of successful initiatives supporting energy-poor households to reduce their energy consumption and improve the comfort of living.
• organising workshops with experts from municipalities, tenants, private homeowners, consumer protection, social welfare and energy consultation organisations.
• organising study visits to see in reality examples of best practices on tackling energy poverty.
• developing a toolkit of customized and ready-to-use support schemes boosting implementation of low-cost energy efficiency measures in private households.
• launching model awareness raising campaigns addressed at private households, especially those most vulnerable to energy poverty.

• wide dissemination of project results and products.

  
  Some concrete key performance indicators (KPIs) of the project include:

• 9 municipalities directly involved in capacity development
• 6 direct physical interactions between participating municipalities (via workshops and site visits)
• 9 positive feedback on the usefulness of toolkit on low-cost energy efficiency measures for vulnerable households by staff of participating municipalities
• 5 municipal energy awareness-raising campaigns.

It addressed the topics of: air quality, health, behaviour, heating and cooling system, household appliances, indoor comfort, information and awareness, energy access and consumption, energy efficiency and vulnerable consumers. 

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  Countries impacted:
  

  Poland

  Germany

  Hungary
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  Geographical scale:
  

  Regional and Local
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  Energy poverty phase:
  

  Diagnosis

  Planning
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  Intervention type:
  

  Capacity building and training

  Communication campaign

  Stakeholders' Engagement
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  Professionals involved:
  

  Engineer
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  Type of funding:
  

  National funds from the European Climate Initiative (contract number: 81247746) of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).
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  Website:
  Case website
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