It is widely recognized that many cost-efficient opportunities to employ end-use energy efficiency measures exist in countries in transition (CITs) and that municipal authorities have an essential role to play in capturing these opportunities. The aim of this paper is to review the factors that...Read more
This Guidance of the EU Energy Poverty Observatory provides information about the design of practical energy poverty policies in municipalities in three steps: (1) shortlist measure, (2) explore measure and (3) define measure.Read more
This report examines what UK Local Authorities are doing now about sustainable energy, why, and what could be achieved with more supportive policy. The research mapped energy initiatives across all UK Local Authorities for the first time, revealing considerable regional and national variation in...Read more
This paper examines the impact that the new local authority performance framework, and in particular the NI187 performance indicator, is having on action to tackle fuel poverty at the local level. The 2001 Fuel Poverty Strategy made a commitment to eliminate fuel poverty in vulnerable households...Read more
In January 2003, Eaga Partnership Charitable Trust commissioned Impetus Consulting, working with the Association for the Conservation of Energy, to conduct a review of the fuel poverty reports and strategies produced by English Energy Conservation Authorities (ECAs).Read more
There has been little attempt to date to define how local and regional public bodies in England can contribute effectively to the national objective to eradicate fuel poverty. There is also no explicit requirement on local and regional bodies to contribute to this objective. As a result, beyond...Read more
This report summarises some of the main concerns that have been expressed about the equity of Green Deal implementation. It then considers how Local Councils could help to overcome these concerns. To do this, the report sets out what Local Councils are, what they do, and their apparent level of...Read more
The report aims to explore the evolution of the level of consumption and the impact of energy poverty on a population that uses the social services of the municipality of Sabadell.Read more
This research brings to the spotlight the needs and benefits of looking deeper into residential sector energy consumption in a southern European country. Portugal and the municipality of Évora, in particular, were selected as case studies. Residential sector consumption is a moving target,...Read more