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Financial and Support Instruments for Fuel Poverty in Social Housing

Financial and Support Instruments for Fuel Poverty in Social Housing. FinSH. Contract number: EIE/07/146/SI2.466277 Project duration : 12/2007 – 05/2010 May 2010. Project summary. FinSH main objective: to tackle energy poverty Promote energy efficient equipment and retrofit

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Financial and Support Instruments for Fuel Poverty in Social Housing

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  1. Financial and Support Instruments for Fuel Poverty in Social Housing FinSH Contract number:EIE/07/146/SI2.466277 Project duration : 12/2007 – 05/2010 May 2010

  2. Project summary • FinSH main objective: to tackle energy poverty • Promote energy efficient equipment and retrofit • Develop financial tools and on-going support for fuel poor households & social housing staff • Consortium • 6 partners from 5 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Poland and UK) • Coordinator: GERES - Group for the Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity (France) • Main results • Financial products and related necessary social schemes to increase energy efficient retrofit • Enhanced communication and networking between actors from various expertise: finance, social, energy

  3. Background • An important phenomenon in Europe: • Old, inefficient buildings (social housing is responsible for 45% of the building sector’s energy consumption) • Economic crisis & increase of energy prices fuel poverty increase(e.g. in UK, from 3.5 millions fuel poor households in 2006 to 4 millions in 2009) • But energy efficient measures are rare • Fuel poor households need specific social support Combining financial, social and energy approaches to enhance access to energy efficiency retrofitting FinSH

  4. Objectives & Main steps • Involvement of financial institutions, social landlords, energy and social experts • Development of relevant financial products for tenants and social housing actors • Promotion of sustainability in retrofitting programmes • Involvement of fuel poor households in energy efficiency measures Main steps • Step 1 – Identification, in each partner country, of: • Financial tools & their success factors • Actors’ needs & imperatives regarding financial and social topics • Step 2 – Based on the lessons from step 1, elaboration of: • Methodological tools focusing on financial and/or social support for fuel poor households (notably a guidance package) and social housing associations • Concrete financial products for a better access to energy efficient retrofitting • Step 3 – Dissemination of the results in Europe thanks to : • Internet website www.finsh.eu • Release of reports & guidance books • European and national networks & seminars • Press releases, press kits

  5. Results • Case studies in each partner country • Financial mechanisms • Social support • Guidance book • For landlords, local authorities and housing associations • Strategy to reduce fuel poverty in social housing • Good practices from the case studies • Guidelines • For all sectors involved in fuel poverty and its eradication • Good practices from the case studies Successes and difficulties  Identification of good practices Analysis

  6. Lessons • Fruitful multi-partnerapproaches: local authorities, landlords, tenants associations, banks … • The role of public authorities: an essential involvement • Political will • Financial support (subsidies, loans, guarantor) – often a supplement to other resources • Social support for residents & evaluation of retrofit programmes are necessary • Overcoming financial barriers aren’t enough

  7. Project partners • GERES (France) – projectcoordinator Marie-Maud GERARD - mm.gerard@geres.eu Group for the Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity • Severn Wye Energy Agency Limited (UK) Local energy agency in South West England and Wales • Ecuba S.r.l. (Italy) Consultants on town planning, environment and energy • University of Magdeburg (Germany) Department for environmental psychology • KAPE (Poland) Polish National Energy Conservation Agency • SCIC Habitats Solidaires (France) Common Interest Cooperative Society in social housing for people in precarious situation

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