Since nearly 34 million Europeans are unable to afford to keep their homes adequately warm and the numbers are rising due to financial crisis, the European Union is increasingly targeting energy poverty in its policy action, especially energy efficiency-related policies. The Energy Efficiency Directive is …
Effects of COVID 19 on the implementation of Article 7 of the EED – Report
This document shows the results of a survey conducted by the European Union Horizon 2020 ENSMOV project partners on the effects of COVID 19 on energy efficiency policies, market and energy end-use and the inputs from the stakeholders in the dedicated workshop. Therefore, represents a …
How to best use Article 7 to tackle energy poverty?
Recommendations The European Commission should revise Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) to require the Member States to assess the distributional equity of their policies. A minimum ringfence of energy savings delivered through energy efficiency obligation schemes (EEOS), and/or specifically designed alternative policy …