Abstract
Energy poverty poses serious issue in the South- East Europe (SEE). It is estimated that about 30% of households in SEE are struggling with adverse effects of energy poverty. This article presents findings of a research undertaken in four SEE countries, namely Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia, where the project Reduce Energy Use and Change Habits (REACH) is implemented. The aim of the project REACH is to contribute to energy poverty abatement at both practical and structural level. Activities undertook within project REACH focus on rationalising the use of energy and water in energy poor households. Households have been provided with tailor-made energy advices, empowering them to change their energy and water use habits. Students and teachers from vocational schools have been educated as energy advisors, enabling them to perform visits to the selected households and implement energy efficiency measures. By implementing activities under the project REACH it has proven to be likely that through provision of energy advising and implementation of simple energy efficiency measures, households' energy consumption can be reduced up to 10% and water consumption up to 18%. Results are also indicating that policies focusing on energy efficiency measures are likely to be the best mechanism for alleviating energy poverty. This is especially the case when energy and social policies are harmonised with the aim of alleviating adverse effects of energy poverty.
Highlights
Project Reduce Energy Use and Change Habits” (REACH) is an on-going project and not all the outcomes and results can be fully documented and presented in this article
As project REACH is closely related to already implemented project ACHIEVE and its tested methodology, the research presented in this paper delivers proven methodology and tested results
As it was built upon previously tested methodology, modified based on lessons learned, results arising from activities implemented within project REACH are very similar to the results of ACHIEVE
Summary
Project REACH is an on-going project and not all the outcomes and results can be fully documented and presented in this article. As project REACH is closely related to already implemented project ACHIEVE and its tested methodology, the research presented in this paper delivers proven methodology and tested results. The methodology builds on experience gained through successfully implemented projects ACHIEVE and EC LINC1. As it was built upon previously tested methodology, modified based on lessons learned, results arising from activities implemented within project REACH are very similar to the results of ACHIEVE. Results of both projects are presented hereafter jointly
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