A compact overview of existing information about energy poverty in the pilot countries Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Ukraine was developed based on an extensive literature review and desk research. To attain a more nuanced and in-depth picture of energy poverty in the 5 ComAct pilot countries, these steps were taken: 1) the design and implementation of the survey in the five ComAct pilot countries, 2) the data analysis and 3) the publishing of the related deliverable ( Guidebook on the concept of energy poverty and its relevance in the five pilot countries) which presents the results.
Preparation of the Inventory of community activation and stakeholder engagement techniques with special attention to the geographical coverage of ComAct was done. The Stakeholder engagement and community involvement strategy document builds on the Inventory of community activation and stakeholder engagement techniques document which includes a detailed stakeholder mapping of the target groups in the project’s pilot countries. 4 Energy Advice resource Centers have been established in every pilot country, except in Hungary. Stakeholder’s Advisory Groups (SAGs) are established in each of the pilot countries.
Toolbox of financing models for energy-poor households was developed off- and on-line. The lessons learned were used to design innovative local financing schemes by the national partners with specific focus on tackling energy poverty issues. A document containing inventory of energy efficiency technical measures for energy-poor households has been created. About 30 different measures were elaborated. Additional document was created that presents educational material used for training of energy advisors in pilot countries. Additionally, in total around 175 persons have been trained.
The Implementation Action Plans of the 5 pilot projects was compiled. Implementation of pilot cases started in month 10 with organisation of the 1st Knowledge Exchange workshops in each pilot country. Additionally, educational materials for energy-poor households have been created as a compilation of short brochures/leaflets with main important information on ways to reduce energy-poverty. Knowledge Sharing e-learning platform was developed in Moodle serving as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for all information regarding the ComAct pilots, educational materials and all information related to energy poverty in multi apartment buildings.
Organization of second round of Knowledge exchange workshops happened in all 5 pilots in the autumn of 2023 with different important stakeholders. Sustainability for the pilots in the form of business plans for resource centers was created.
Three validation reports have been produced for the work done under WP2, WP3 and WP4 in stakeholder, financial and technical sphere. This was fed to the final policy recommendations coming form the project, presented at the final conference in the Committee of Regions with 170 attendees in person and online. In addition to the recommendations, three policy briefs were created on the topics of: energy poverty at building level, financing schemes and stakeholder engagement with policy recommendations for three levels: local, national and EU.
Final project summary was created with a focus on pilots and their achievements as well as lessons learnt. Final sustainability and exploitation plan was finalized.
In total, ComAct organized or took part of in over 130 events at EU and national level, which helped to reach an overall number of targeted stakeholders for the total project of over 857,300. Partners attended a total of 76 events, at national local or EU level. ComAct partners also took the opportunity to present the project at various renown events in the energy field, such as C4E Forum, Energy Poverty Advisory Hub Annual Conference, European Sustainable Energy Week, European Housing Forum, Covenant of Mayors Forum and more.
In total, ComAct got more than 95 mentions in different platforms and media outlets, coming from 12 different EU and international countries.
