Published on: February 20, 2023
Moving beyond the triad of “low income – poor energy efficiency – high expenditure”, EmpowerMed partners propose policy recommendations highlighting other sides of energy poverty and how to tackle them: summertime energy poverty, gender issues and energy poverty and health nexus. Here are some of the recommendations issued from the grassroot pilot projects: – Tackling… Read More »Energy poverty recommendations
Published on: December 14, 2022
This report presents an analysis of the current situation of households that participated in practical actions of EmpowerMed project and examine situations of households, mainly affected by energy poverty, from the different pilot regions in the Mediterranean. From Spain to Albania, through France, Italia, Slovenia and Croatia, the results highlight the characteristic of affected households,… Read More »Exploring the situations of households affected by energy poverty -EmpowerMed cross-pilot analysis
Published on: December 14, 2022
Energy Poverty can be a cause of – and an aggravating factor of – physical and psycho-social health issues; as well as a result of deep-rooted inequalities based on socioeconomic status, gender and geographical implantation. This factsheet summarises the interactions between energy poverty and health and the needs of wide and policy answers.
Published on: December 14, 2022
Energy poverty does not only mean suffering from the cold but also enduring the heat. And as the climate change is becoming increasingly noticeable, with hotter and even scorching summers, the phenomenon of summer energy poverty will increase in the future. This paper describes the problem and what is urgently needed to address summer energy… Read More »Summer Energy Poverty – Background paper (En, Fr)
Published on: August 23, 2022
This paper evaluates whether, how, and why policy documents in six diverse European countries (Spain, France, Portugal, the United Kingdom, North Macedonia, and Slovenia) link energy poverty to other related policy areas. EmpowerMed is co-author of this publication titled : “Energy poverty and emerging debates: Beyond the traditional triangle of energy poverty drivers”. Our exploratory… Read More »Energy policy, energy poverty and emerging debates
Published on: February 15, 2022
An estimated 50 million households in Europe do not have adequate access to essential energy services and goods. With steadily rising energy costs and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many more vulnerable people already at risk may slip under the line of energy poverty, soon. This report sheds light on the issue of energy poverty in… Read More »Energy poverty in Europe & Germany: diagnosis about policies & legislative frameworks, advocacy about gender & inclusion
Published on: May 20, 2021
Big data analysis is becoming an increasing field of interest for research to analyse, identify and predict final user’s behaviour. For this reason, in the energy sector, smart metering is generally used to find new business opportunities and, theoretically, it is said that it could also help to fight energy poverty issues. Nonetheless, when tackling… Read More »Smart meters tackling energy poverty mitigation: uses, risks and approaches – Academic paper (En)