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Financial and Support Instruments for Fuel Poverty in Social Housing
FinSH
Contract number: EIE/07/146/SI2.466277 Project duration : 12/2007 – 05/2010May 2010
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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
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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
FinSHCombining financialfinancial, socialsocial and energyenergy approaches to enhance access to energy efficiency retrofitting
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Objectives & Main steps
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
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
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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
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Results
AnalysisSuccesses and difficulties Identification of good
practices
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Lessons
Fruitful multi-partner approaches: 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
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Project partners
GERES (France) – project coordinator
Marie-Maud GERARD - [email protected]
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