As the RENOVERTY project ends, the final project report looks back on the project’s mission to foster energy efficient home renovations in vulnerable rural and peri-urban areas across Europe, reducing energy poverty and promoting a fair and inclusive energy transition.
RENOVERTY developed and tested a co-creation methodology for building Rural Energy Efficiency Roadmaps (REERs) — locally tailored, step-by-step guides supporting households and authorities in planning, financing, and implementing energy renovations. The approach bridged technical, financial, and social dimensions of energy poverty, turning policy ambitions into local action. Across seven pilot regions in Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the project carried out 88 household and building audits, delivered 293 trainings, and created 16 tailored roadmaps for households and stakeholderseach. In total, 30 REER measures were implemented, with 70 individual households and buildings either renovated, in progress or showing intention to renovate in the short term, covering over 24,000 m².
In its 3 years, RENOVERTY influenced 60 policies, strategies, and initiatives across all governance levels, from local development strategies to national Social Climate Plans & the EU Committee of the Regions, embedding its findings in ongoing policy frameworks. Through its combination of bottom-up and dop-down activities, the project proved that alleviating rural energy poverty through energy efficient renovation requires not only unding but trust, coordination, and policy coherence. By combining technical assessments, community participation, and policy advocacy, RENOVERTY has established tools to be used by both households and stakeholders to reduce energy vulnerability, as well as a replicable model for inclusive renovation, ensuring that Europe’s energy transition reaches its most remote and vulnerable communities.
The final report gathers all the project’s challenges, reflections and achievements across 3 years, and what it holds for the future.
