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

May 2010 – FinSH general presentation 22 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

May 2010 – FinSH general presentation 33 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 FinSH financialsocialenergy Combining financial, social and energy approaches to enhance access to energy efficiency retrofitting

May 2010 – FinSH general presentation 44 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  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

May 2010 – FinSH general presentation 5 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 5 Results Analysis Successes and difficulties  Identification of good practices

May 2010 – FinSH general presentation 66 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

May 2010 – FinSH general presentation 77 Project partners GERES (France) – project coordinator Marie-Maud GERARD - 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