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The National Strategy against Energy Poverty 2019 - 2024 approved by the Spanish Government last March seeks to address reduce energy vulnerabilities.
La pobreza energética supone una manifestación más del fenómeno general de la pobreza y
la exclusión social. Se trata de un problema que cada vez está más presente en la conciencia
pública, no sólo en España, sino también en la Unión Europea y en el ámbito global.
The authors discuss the most important findings from the review of sustainable energy consumption initiatives (SECIs) involving Bulgarian households and present a good practice example of one such initiative (European Citizens Climate Cup [ECCC]).
The chapter provides a short overview of the sustainable energy consumption challenges in the Bulgarian residential sector, with a special focus on the issue of energy poverty.
This Member State Report of the EU Energy Poverty Observatory (EPOV) provides an overview of the energy
poverty situation in Lithuania at a glance. With key indicators, policies, and publications, it offers an
understanding of the key aspects of energy poverty in Lithuania.
This Member State Report of the EU Energy Poverty Observatory (EPOV) provides an overview of the energy
poverty situation in Germany at a glance. With key indicators, policies and publications, it offers an
understanding of the key aspects of energy poverty in Germany.
Bottom-up methodology to estimate dwellings’ theoretical final energy consumption.
High-resolution spatial scale analysis for 3092 Portuguese regions.
Energy performance gaps result from inefficient dwellings and low energy consumption.
This paper proposes a methodology to characterize household energy consumption in order to quantify the number of Spanish households whose energy expenditure is abnormally low, considering their characteristics. This indicator will be called ‘Low share on required energy expenditure’ (‘Required M/2)
The UK Fuel Poverty Monitor assesses and reviews policies which are either aimed at or affect the main drivers of fuel poverty, namely: the energy efficiency of domestic dwellings, household incomes and the cost of energy.
Every year for the past 17 years, we
have published an investigative report on
progress to tackle fuel poverty across the UK
and within each of the four UK nations: the
UK Fuel Poverty Monitor is that report
This document is the response from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy to a list of questions on energy poverty from members of parliament.
An EnR position paper has been therefore delivered, presenting results that lay the foundation for a set of recommendations about priorities, methodology, governance and needs.
Energy poverty currently affects a significant number of European households, representing
a growing problem in the Union, also as a result of the financial crisis. The phenomenon is
relevant for the European governance and policy strategy at different levels.
This report summarises the work of the Committee on Fuel Poverty in 2018, provides an update on progress, sets out our recommendations for Government action and outlines our plans for 2019.
This paper tracks the proportion of
household expenditure devoted to energy between 1992 and 2014,
implementing a major new correction to energy expenditure for households with
prepayment meters, who tend to be low income households
This is the third Annual Report of The Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP). We are an advisory
Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial
Strategy (BEIS)
The paper concludes that a significant share of students experience fuel poverty and sophisticated social intervention and social innovation should be adopted to address this.
University students are often regarded as a vulnerable social group with regards to their energy consumption
and energy bills. The main reason is their low income, which means that they can often only afford to live in
dwellings with low energy standards that are too expensive to heat to comfortable
We investigate the inability of urban households in the cold climate zone in northern China to access sufficient domestic energy services, and thus their vulnerability to energy poverty, focusing upon heating provision. Results of a questionnaire survey of households in the urban area of Beijing
This publication provides a multi-disciplinary perspective covering five broad themes: the long-term context for fairness in the retail energy market; the increasing complexity of relationships; the way people purchase energy; the experiences of those at risk of fuel poverty;
The overarching aim of the project was to understand the impact that tailored energy advice can
have on the active use of a smart meter and in-home display to manage energy consumption in
vulnerable households.
The report provides extensive evidence from a range of disciplines to inform the debate around concerns of fairness in the retail energy market in the UK.
By evaluating the impact of subsequent advice delivery, SMART-UP aimed to gather feedback on the ways in which different methods of delivering advice might act to address the specific needs of vulnerable consumers, empower them to engage with their smart meter, and become more energy efficient.
The aim of this chapter is to discuss the differences in the availability of electricity around the world, mainly in Brazil, China, India, and South Africa, from a perspective of access as a human right.