Energy poverty in recent publications
Energy Poverty Advisory Hub Handbooks The Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) Handbooks are a series of practical guidebooks targeting energy poverty, energy transition, and energy efficiency,...
Energy Community: Workshop on Financing Energy Efficiency in Residential Sector
The truth is that energy efficiency of residential sector has finally gained more attention among the key EU stakeholders. It became clear that the building...
Energy poverty in the post-socialist countries needs a special attention
Energy inefficiency and the overall low quality of the building stock in Central and Eastern Europe is one of the most alarming issues of the...
Build Upon2: project that puts national building renovation strategies into practice
BUILD UPON2 PROJECT There are no more doubts that our planet is in the state of climate emergency. With buildings being one of the biggest...
UNECE new publication on promotion of energy efficiency standards listing REELIH among best practise
New UNECE publication Promoting Energy Efficiency Standards And Technologies To Enhance Energy Efficiency in Buildings aims to provide better understanding of the status of deployment and implementation of energy efficiency standards in buildings in the UNECE region based on data gathered through desk research and stakeholder outreach. Find out more.
Energy poverty: European and national approaches. Publication by FEANTSA
FEANTSA-the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, in collaboration with Fondation Abbé Pierre, published a wonderful publication Energy poverty: What are the foundations for a green and social pact for Europe?
World Urban Forum 2020: Innovative management of multi-apartment high rise housing
Susana Rojas Williams, HFHI - EMEA Director of Housing and Human Settlements Department, was at WUF10 to speak about the success of REELIH project. UNECE was kind enough to invite HFHI to speak at their training event called Innovative management of multi-apartment high rise housing: Localizing Sustainable Development Goals 7 & 11 and New Urban Agenda through housing strategies.
Energy Poverty in Danube Region: Policy Paper, Study and Seminar
The office of the Government of the Czech Republic organized a seminar in Prague on the 12th December, 2019 to present a new policy paper...
Warmer Homes, Richer Neighborhoods
How USAID and HFHI united neighbors to heat their homes, reduce their energy bills, and strengthen their communities. These stories are all too common in Europe and Eurasia, where housing for low income residents and retirees is dominated by 1960s era apartment blocks.
Defining Energy Poverty in Eastern Europe: report from a workshop in Budapest
On November 25th and 26th, 2019 Centre for Social Sciences Institute of Sociology (TKSZI) in Budapest, Hungary hosted a two day International Conference and Workshop on energy poverty under title ENERGY POVERTY: From Household Problems to Climate Crisis. On this occasion, Habitat for Humanity International presented learnings from REELIH project of HFHI and USAID related to energy poverty. REELIH project was not originally designed to address energy poverty in the region. However over the course of implementing the project it was inevitable to start thinking about energy poverty.
