News & Events

In this section you will find information about the latest upcoming events that are relevant to energy poverty, as well as news items, and guest perspective articles from leading stakeholders on key issues in the field. The content shown here has been produced by external users as well as the EU Energy Poverty Observatory team.

Latest News

The continuing importance of fuel poverty among social renters in England: explaining the gap between objective and subjective measures

30 Sep 2016

EUFPNPerspective

United Kingdom

In this guest article, Gerald Koessl from the National Housing Federation takes a look at the difference between objective and subjective fuel poverty measures, with reference to social rented...

Disabled people, fuel poverty and austerity: policy recommendations from England and Wales

03 Jun 2014

EUFPNPerspective

United Kingdom

Drawing on a recently completed research project, ‘Fuel Poverty and disabled people: the impact of policy change’, Dr Carolyn Snell provides a research summary and outlines five key policy...

UK & Ireland Fuel Poverty Research Symposium

20 Mar 2014

AnnouncementEUFPN

Ireland

United Kingdom

UK and Ireland Postgraduate and Early Career Fuel Poverty Research Symposium July 18th 2014, Belfast We are pleased to announce this call for papers for a UK and Ireland postgraduate/early career...

Prefabricated Housing, Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency

04 Jun 2013

EUFPNPerspective

United Kingdom

Post-war prefabricated houses can be very energy inefficient, increasing the risk of fuel poverty for occupants, however, as Tom Bradley outlines in the following guest article, there are several...

Spatial modelling fuel poverty in Northern Ireland

28 May 2013

EUFPNPerspective

United Kingdom

In the following guest article, Ryan Walker outlines how area-based modelling could improve the process of identifying and targeting fuel poor households. Abstract Current fuel poverty initiatives...

Fuel poverty eradication in the UK: A model for the EU?

08 May 2012

EUFPNPerspective

European Union

United Kingdom

In this guest post, Lauren Probert discusses the development of the UK fuel poverty definition, and policy framework, and critically assesses the potential for transfer of policy from the UK model to...

Upcoming Events

18 Jun 2019

EUSEW Session - Ending energy poverty: how EU citizens are taking action

Policy eventPublic campaign

European Union

In a time of climate emergency, millions of Europeans still cannot afford their energy bills, and live in inefficient, wasteful, and sometimes dangerous dwellings. Awareness of energy poverty has never been higher in Europe -- and this has resulted in the strongest-ever inclusion of the issue in...

19 Jun 2019

EUSEW Session - Multilevel and participatory action to tackle energy poverty

Policy eventPublic campaign

European Union

The clean energy transition is repeatedly called to be a just transition . It is commonly agreed that it should leave no one behind. If this is meant to be more than a simple tagline, combating energy poverty must not only be a European priority, but words now need to be followed by actions and...

19 Jun 2019

EUSEW Session - An inclusive Energy Union to address energy poverty – challenges at local level

Policy eventPublic campaign

European Union

The Clean Energy package in Europe sets out the concept for the energy transition. Consumers stand at the core of the Energy Union and through the Clean Energy transition package provisions are laid down in order to make consumers benefit from energy transition and on top of that, new provisions...