Project description DEENESFRITPL Women and RES: Starting at home The EU’s Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Directive of 2009 seeks to raise the share of RES in final energy consumption to 20 % by 2020. Heating and cooling, responsible for nearly half of Europe's energy demand, is challenging in buildings of Mediterranean coastal areas, and particularly severe in single-parent households led by women. Taking into account the dynamic role women play in an economy, the EmpowerMed programme will connect them with health practitioners in a series of awareness pilot programmes to reduce energy poverty, assess its impact on health, and share knowledge for policy building at local- and EU-wide level. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective In the Mediterranean countries, the coastal areas are facing several specific challenges when it comes to energy poverty, mainly connected with thermal comfort of dwellings. Buildings are scarcely isolated, often there are no heating systems in buildings, or those are highly inefficient, and the cooling component is more important than in other areas, calling for a diversity of energy services beyond heating. Women and women-led households are disproportionately affected by energy poverty, while women’s agency is highlighted in acting against energy poverty. Although there is some knowledge on the health impacts of energy poverty, involving health practitioners in the energy poverty action is rare.This is why the main objective of the project is to contribute to energy poverty abatement in the Mediterranean through a) implementing a set of practical energy efficiency and RES measures, tailored to empower households in energy poverty and specifically focused on women and health, b) assessing their efficiency and impacts to formulate policy recommendations and c) promoting policy solutions among key actors for stimulating action against energy poverty at local and EU level.The project will first build networks with local actors in pilot regions (WP1) and transfer knowledge and experience to build capacity of all involved actors for implementing practical measures (WP2). The core of the project is implementation of practical measures to tackle energy poverty, such as community approaches, household visits, do-it-yourself approaches, support for small investments and health workshops (WP3). The impacts and success of the implemented measures will be assessed and analysed (WP4) to support formulation of policy recommendations, which will be advocated among key actors to stimulate and support policies against energy poverty (WP5). Project results and outcomes will be disseminated among the target groups to ensure a wide reach out at local, national and EU level. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineering Keywords energy poverty households in energy poverty women health coastal areas Mediterranean practical actions community approaches advocacy social actors policy-makers utilities health experts Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme H2020-EU.3.3.7. - Market uptake of energy innovation - building on Intelligent Energy Europe H2020-EU.3.3.1. - Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use Topic(s) LC-SC3-EC-2-2018-2019-2020 - Mitigating household energy poverty Call for proposal H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-LC-SC3-EE-2018 Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator FOCUS DRUSTVO ZA SONARAVEN RAZVOJ Net EU contribution € 312 750,00 Address Maurerjeva ulica 7 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all DRUSTVO ZA OBLIKOVANJE ODRZIVOG RAZVOJA Croatia Net EU contribution € 308 618,75 Address Slavka batusica 7 10000 Zagreb See on map Region Hrvatska Grad Zagreb Grad Zagreb Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SOGESCA s.r.l. Italy Net EU contribution € 283 790,00 Address Via pitagora 11 a 35030 Rubano See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Nord-Est Veneto Padova Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA Participation ended Spain Net EU contribution € 123 125,00 Address Edif a campus de la uab bellaterra cerdanyola v 08193 Cerdanyola del valles See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA DE L'ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA Spain Net EU contribution € 123 625,00 Address C/ jardins de les dones de negre 1 08930 Sant adria de besos See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 GERES GROUPES ENERGIES RENOUVABLES France Net EU contribution € 268 976,25 Address 2 crs marechal foch 13400 Aubagne See on map Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ASSOCIACIO INTERNACIONAL DE INGENIERIA SIN FRONTERAS ISF Spain Net EU contribution € 140 187,50 Address C mandoni 4, baixos 08004 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 WOMEN ENGAGE FOR A COMMON FUTURE EV Germany Net EU contribution € 241 815,00 Address Sankt jakobs platz 10 80331 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 MILIEUKONTAKT SHQIPERI Albania Net EU contribution € 179 262,50 Address Rr xhoxhi martini pall teuta konstruksion sh 3 ap 1016 Tirana See on map Region Shqipëria Qender Tiranë Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00