Digitalisation to tackle energy poverty: practical guidance for local governments

This EPAH guidance explores how digitalisation can support local governments in identifying, assessing, and addressing energy poverty more effectively.

As energy poverty is shaped by increasingly complex social, economic, housing, and energy-related factors, the report examines how digital tools and data can strengthen local approaches to understanding and responding to vulnerable households. It builds on the EPAH methodology and highlights opportunities to use improved data systems, digital platforms, smart technologies, and artificial intelligence to support the identification of vulnerable groups, the design and delivery of targeted measures, and the monitoring of their impact.

The result is practical guidance for local governments seeking to integrate digital solutions into their energy poverty strategies, while ensuring that issues such as data quality, privacy, accessibility, ethics, and digital inclusion are addressed. By combining digital innovation with locally informed approaches, the report aims to enable more targeted, dynamic, and evidence-based responses to energy poverty across diverse European contexts.