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FinSH
Financial & Support Instruments for Fuel Poverty in Social Housing
Background
Financial and Support Instruments for Fuel Poverty in Social Housing (FinSH) is a 30-month project, supported by
Key Points
Against a background of rising fuel prices and the increase in the number of households which are struggling to pay for their energy bills , FinSH will review existing financial products that could be used to fund retro-fit sustainable energy measures for social housing, and produce guidance on financial and other relevant support mechanisms.
FinSH Project ProfileAims
The project aims to develop at least 6 packages of financial and strategic support measures for social housing providers, and these are to be disseminated to more than 1,500 stakeholders. It is also intended to raise awareness and provide information to over a million people across 12 different countries.
FINSH aims to achieve increased knowledge of:
- Existing financial products for the fuel poor and social housing providers SEE HERE,
- Energy behaviour of tenants
- Support and strategy guidelines for tenants relating to their active participation in the development of retrofit programmes.
Activities
FINSH will review and collate financial and strategic support mechanisms for sustainable energy improvements in existing social housing in the 5 partner countries.
The project will also carry out a review of energy use behaviour and guidance needs of residents and other stakeholders, in order to identify some of the common barriers to retro-fit measures in the respective countries.
Severn Wye Energy Agency will use the evidence provided by the partners during the early months of the project to develop a guide for institutional partners and social housing providers which will detail the kind of on-going support that is needed by fuel poor households.
The completed guide will cover aspects such as:
- briefing documents on fuel poverty and social housing
- developing an affordable warmth action plan,
- engaging social housing staff and tenants,
- skills and resources needed to develop retro-fit programmes,
- integrating energy efficiency programmes with maintenance and repair,
- training programmes for staff,
- developing advice materials for tenants,
- integrating renewable energy technologies,
- developing financial packages for retro-fit.
Other published materials will include a number of case studies that will be compiled at different stages of the project.
All dissemination materials will be translated into the five languages of the project: English, French, Italian, German and Polish. The project outputs will be disseminated through the website, information events, seminars and media articles.
The sole responsibility for the content of this document lies with the authors. It does not represent the opinion of the European Communities. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
Coordinator
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Stuart Davies - Project Manager
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Partners
- Groupe Energies Renouvelables Enviroment et Soldiarites
- Ecuba S.r.1 (Italy)
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat (Germany)
- Krajowa Agencja Poszanowania Energii S.A. (Poland)
- SCIS Habitats Solidaires (France)
- Severn Wye Energy Agency (United Kingdom)