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Useful Resources on Energy Poverty in Europe

REVERTER Hub provides policymakers, municipality representatives, EU citizens and stakeholders with links to resources that provide interesting, valuable and insightful information from various angles on energy poverty in Europe. 

Training materials for OSS

The REVERTER training materials are designed for national and regional authorities, as well as organizations, seeking to establish One-Stop Shops to support building renovation efforts in their areas. These resources provide essential guidance to facilitate energy-efficient renovations and combat energy poverty.

Main target audiences to be interested in this resource:

Organisations that plan to establish OSS 100%
Research organisations 70%
National, regional and local authorities 90%
Energy regulatory authorities 80%
Consumer associations 75%
Training material OSS
Webinar - Presentation of the Covenant of Mayors' pillar on Energy Poverty

The Covenant of Mayors Office Europe – in collaboration with the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) – provided guidance to signatories on how they could alleviate energy poverty at the local level and helped them reach their energy poverty goals.

Main target audiences to be interested in this resource:

Policy makers 100%
Research organisations 92%
Local authorities 90%
NGOs 88%
Consumer associations 86%
Webinar - Presentation of the Covenant of Mayors' pillar on Energy Poverty
Training materials

Training materials developed by the Power Poor project and aimed at various target audiences. These training materials are available in different languages. 

Main target audiences to be interested in this resource:

NGOs 100%
Research organisations 96%
Consumer associations 92%
Citizens 88%
Training materials
Knowledge sharing by Renonbill – Horizon 2020 project

You can find various types of information and knowledge developed by the Renonbill consortium – infographics, reports, factsheets, brochures and more.

Main target audiences to be interested in this resource:

Policy makers 100%
Research organisations 96%
National, regional and local authorities 92%
Energy regulatory authorities 89%
Consumer associations 86%
Knowledge sharing by Renonbill – Horizon 2020 project
EPAH Report: Tackling energy poverty through local actions ‒ Inspiring cases from across Europe

This report displays a series of 24 inspirational cases of how energy poverty can be alleviated at the local level. The report is available in 24 languages.

Main target audiences to be interested in this resource:

Policy makers 100%
NGOs 96%
Research organisations 92%
National, regional and local authorities 89%
Energy regulatory authorities 86%
Consumers associations 84%
EPAH Report: Tackling energy poverty through local actions ‒ Inspiring cases from across Europe
EU Energy YouTube account

Educating and informing citizens on various energy-related issues – webinars, informative materials and more.

Main target audiences to be interested in this resource:

NGOs 100%
Consumers associations 96%
Citizens 92%
EU Energy YouTube account
Energy Cities

Energy Cities is a community of several hundred local authority representatives from 30 countries. The network gathers frontrunners and energy transition beginners, city officials and technical experts. Energy Cities publishes and collects a lot of great information on projects, initiatives and various resources. You can filter information by predefined tags.

Main target audiences to be interested in this resource:

NGOs 100%
Local authorities 96%
Consumers associations 92%
Citizens 88%
Energy Cities

Tools that address Energy Poverty in Europe

There are various tools available regarding energy poverty. They are developed by EU-funded projects, other EU initiatives and organisations to provide policymakers, researchers, stakeholders and EU citizens with valuable information on energy poverty in different contexts.

National indicators​

An interactive database of the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub that enables visitors to navigate through the different energy poverty national indicators available for EU countries.

Using the new features, visitors can compare data by years and by countries, or obtain all the data available for a single country.

Main target audiences to be interested in this tool:

Policy makers 100%
NGOs 98%
Research organisations 98%
National, regional and local authorities 96%
Energy regulatory authorities 93%
Consumer associations 92%
National indicators​
The EPAH ATLAS

The EPAH ATLAS is an online interactive database that allows visitors to discover local and international projects as well as measures addressing energy poverty across the world. Visitors can explore the interactive map, view a list of all projects and read more information about any case. A list of quick and advanced filters allows visitors to browse through the cases in an easy and effective way.

Main target audiences to be interested in this tool:

Policy makers 100%
NGOs 98%
Research organisations 98%
National, regional and local authorities 96%
Energy regulatory authorities 93%
Consumer associations 92%
The EPAH ATLAS
HoTMAPS

A heating and cooling mapping and planning toolbox, with developed, demonstrated and validated in 7 European pilot areas. It provides data for EU28 at national and local levels. Used to develop heating and cooling strategies. The tool and all related modules run without requiring any other commercial tool or software. Use of and access to Source Code is subject to Open Source License. HoTMAPS is a Horizon Europe project.

Main target audiences to be interested in this tool:

Policy makers 100%
Research organisations 98%
National, regional and local authorities 96%
Energy regulatory authorities 93%
Housing associations & cooperatives 92%
Public housing companies 90%
Private housing companies 88%
The EPAH ATLAS
Pan-European Thermal
Atlas 5.2

The Pan-European Thermal Atlas provides an easy way to determine approximate heat demand per area.

Main target audiences to be interested in this tool:

Policy makers 100%
Research organisations 98%
National, regional and local authorities 96%
Energy regulatory authorities 94%
NGOs 93%
Housing associations & cooperatives 92%
Public housing companies 90%
Private housing companies 88%
Pan-European Thermal Atlas 5.2​