Publications

The aim of the POWER UP national guides is to support interested stakeholders (such as cities, municipalities, citizens and citizen energy communities, and municipal companies) to develop a social energy model by following the activities developed as part of the POWER UP project. 

Drawing upon the experiences of six municipalities involved in the POWER UP project, this report produced by University of Manchester presents policy recommendations framed at both, the local and national level. The policy recommendations were co-developed with the project partners, pilots, and researchers from the University of Manchester, UK, involved in POWER UP. The policy recommendations cover a range of topics – including definitions of energy communities, technical regulations, funding mechanisms, and planning procedures. The recommendations also address a number of stakeholders, including municipality departments, community organisations, and regulatory actors.

This policy brief corresponds to the third section, Capacity Building. This section provides concrete tools and methodologies designed to increase the capacity level of key stakeholders in addressing energy poverty.

This policy brief corresponds to the fifth section, Funding. It provides recommendations and insights into funding schemes to address energy poverty with a focus on health, drawing primarily from the financial models examined within WELLBASED.

This policy brief corresponds to the first section, local action. It provides recommendations and insights into local action to address energy poverty from the WELLBASED project.

This policy brief corresponds to the fourth section, Monitoring and Evaluation. It provides policy recommendations for monitoring energy poverty and health metrics, along with assessing the impact of integrated policies and interventions.

This policy brief corresponds to the WELLBASED second action field, Effective Governance to implement urban programs against energy poverty through health lenses, using a Health in All Policies approach

This report describes the efforts undertaken in the four pilot sites to organise these energy poverty mitigation measures.

Housing and energy poverty are deeply inter-connected. Rising housing costs and inefficient buildings intensify the financial burden and limit access to essential energy services for vulnerable households.The policy brief is issued by the Joint Research Centre.

The report provides a complete overview of the characteristics of the participants in the WELLBASED evaluation study and the impact of the WELLBASED Urban Program on a broad range of health, well-being and energy indicators. The overarching objective of WELLBASED running between 2021 and 2025 was to propose the design, implementation, and evaluation of a novel, comprehensive urban programme, based on the social ecological model, to significantly reduce energy poverty and its effects on the citizen’s health and well-being.

In this report the WELLBASED team is introducing 7 financial instruments which aim to alleviate energy poverty and its negative effects. The report also dedicates a large part to the Urban Financial Metabolism (UFM) methodology and to Social Impact Bond (SIB) which is a novel tool to finance innovative social projects.

Through this support scheme, about 300 municipalites received support from 2022 to 2024 from all different EU countries. We have selected six cities to present the inspiring results of this collaboration.

This learning guide helps you move beyond diagnosis and planning to implement energy poverty mitigation measures that are ready to be put into practice. Now is the moment to turn your goals into concrete results. 

This WELLBASED report details targeted actions across six European pilot cities (Edirne, Jelgava, Leeds, Heerlen, Óbuda, Valencia) in energy poor households to improve health outcomes through evidence-based approaches and systemic data collection. The findings provide a framework for replication by other European cities and policy recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of future urban health initiatives targeting energy poverty.

Explore the study on transport poverty in the EU. This report examines definitions, indicators, and mitigation strategies, with insights from Germany, Poland, Romania, and Spain.

This handbook aims to provide practical advice based on collective peer experience and help
municipalities face the challenges of the phase of action implementation.

This document systematizes the 10 initial steps to create an energy community, namely: 1) Pitching the idea to the local community 2) Seeking beneficial partnerships 3) Assessing the legal and regulatory context 4) Selecting buildings and sizing renewable energy systems 5) Defining the legal entity 6) Developing the financial and operational model 7) Defining internal regulations 8) Communicating with the local community and recruiting participants 9) Identifying and including vulnerable families 10) Licensing the renewable energy community

Are you ready to tackle energy poverty in your community? This short guide provides a clear, step-by-step guide for municipalities to identify the most feasible and impactful actions to prioritise at the local level.

This scientific article explores the potential roles that local organisations can play in delivering energy support to energy-poor households and maps their needs for effective collaboration.

The new report by the RENOVERTY project indicates the rigorous need for policy transformations and improvements to address energy efficiency and energy poverty issues in rural areas. 

One of the key issues in identifying solutions to tackle energy poverty is related to their sustainability over time and the possibility of involving vulnerable households without creating a financial burden for them. One-shot solutions, such as welfare public-funded projects and government support, may help solve the issue for a few beneficiaries but are usually not self-sustainable in the long term and are applied top-down. Funds from governments or public institutions (grants, tax credits, incentives, etc.) are key in supporting initiatives to fight energy poverty. Still, several other options are available, including the involvement of market players (e.g. ESCOs) or exploiting opportunities from the new EU regulation on energy communities.

This guide helps policymakers with strategic outdoor interventions to tackle summer energy poverty, using insights from three years of project data and citizen input for more resilient neighbourhoods.

This guide presents strategies, tools, and methods for adapting to extreme heat, addressing summer energy poverty, and lowering health risks, based on the project's hands-on experiences. (Report nº6)

Go through RENOVERTY’s first policy brief to learn about the audit results as well as direct recommendations on what can European governmental bodies do to mitigate energy poverty in rural areas

This impact report presents the key findings and insights from the Transition Point mobile one-stop shop pilot project which was deployed in Portugal as a way to support energy-poor households.