What is Energy Poverty?
Energy powers communities. Healthcare workers and teachers depend on energy to heal and educate their communities. Energy keeps homes warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Moreover, it fuels agricultural and manufacturing production, generating food, revenue, and jobs. Energy’s presence is not just essential—it’s lifesaving, acting as an engine for economic growth and […]
How energy efficiency renovations should address energy poverty in the COVID recovery in Europe
The issue of energy poverty has been included by the European Union in some of its initiatives and programs, such as the Renovation Wave, the EU strategy which promotes the renovation of existing buildings to achieve energy efficiency, sustainability and affordability. In the face of the COVID-19 scenario, the most vulnerable populations have faced increasingly […]
How to combine energy and social policies to address energy poverty in Central and Eastern Europe?
The most vulnerable populations and low-income households in Europe have been continuously suffering from the great challenge of energy poverty, which is the impossibility of families having enough funds to pay for basic energy needs. Energy poverty is a burden that affects Central and Eastern European countries in particular, and the causes of energy poverty […]