A report by LOCATEE, with contributions from IEECP’s Samuele Livraghi and Marco Peretto, examines the methods currently available to assess energy poverty, in the context of multifamily buildings.
The report, Analysis of Indicators and Datasets for Energy Poverty Assessment: The Case of Private Multifamily Buildings, aims to provide valuable insights for the municipalities of Piraeus (Greece), Rumia (Poland), and Torres Vedras (Portugal) to address energy poverty in private multi-apartment buildings within their territories, as part of the LOCATEE project. It reviews 68 energy poverty assessment approaches published in recent scientific literature and selected grey literature from EU projects and initiatives on energy poverty to identify the datasets, indicators, and practices that can be leveraged to build a comprehensive and robust energy poverty assessment, combining administrative data at national and municipal levels.
The report lays the groundwork for the LOCATEE toolkit by reviewing and selecting energy poverty indicators suitable for local-level application, particularly in the context of private multi-apartment buildings. It conducts a review of energy poverty assessment approaches published in scientific literature, aiming to identify the datasets, indicators, and practices that can be leveraged by local governments to conduct a comprehensive and effective diagnosis.
The toolkit will support the project municipalities in identifying energy-poor households within their territories and selecting the most effective measures and actions to address this condition. It seeks to inform the development of LOCATEE diagnostic tool that will enable municipalities to identify energy-poor areas, buildings, prioritize interventions, and design effective renovation strategies.
It also draws a set of general recommendations regarding energy poverty assessment, highlighting the need for tapping different data sources; developing comprehensive and inclusive assessments covering the multiple dimensions of the problem, combining objective and subjective indicators, and involving stakeholders in the co-design of the assessment; and addressing aspects related to building typology, renovation and energy efficiency improvement and summer energy poverty. These insights can be useful for other local governments in their energy poverty diagnoses and policy planning.
Read the report in more detail here
