The EU Energy Poverty Observatory (EPOV) is an initiative by the European Commission to support Member States in their efforts to alleviate energy poverty. Its principal mission is to engender transformational change in knowledge about the state of energy poverty in Europe, and innovative...Read more
This study was published as part of the EU-funded ASSIST project. It address the situation of energy poverty in six EU member states . It analyses existing policies to battle energy poverty and support vulnerable consumers and presents the results from a survey on vulnerable consumers in each...Read more
Energy poverty (EP) is a growing problem in the European Union (EU) that affects the population's health. EP is structurally determined by broader political and socio-economic conditions. Our aims were to analyze the configuration of these determinants in each EU-27 country through the creation...Read more
The purpose of this report is to establish the essential background setting in which the SocialWatt activities will be carried out. It therefore contains a discussion of definitions and indicators currently available to measure energy poverty at European and Member State level, studies on the...Read more
This report is the result of analysis of both consumer and stakeholder surveys carried out in the countries involved in the Assist project (Belgium, Finland, Italy, Poland, Spain, UK). The aim was that these surveys complement the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU...Read more
The market behavioural segmentation represents a key preparatory phase for the development of the national and local actions. It will lead to a complete understanding of the actual situation under different aspects: socio-demographic, economic and dwelling characteristics of consumers, but also...Read more
The Atlas of Initiatives of Energy Poverty in Europe , prepared by the Ecoserveis Association , is the product of an exhaustive review of the practices carried out around Europe at the end of 2016. The document comprises 65...Read more
This article focuses on the health-threatening risks related to poor housing suffered by low-income and poor households, and in particular the relationship between housing, energy, poverty, health and educationRead more
The article aims to identify the link between poverty and energy in Belgium. It explores the causes of energy poverty and provides quantitative analyses of the extent of the phenomenon in Belgium by using the "energy poverty barometer"Read more
