FPRN bulletin – 4th November 2025


4 November 2025

The FPRN email bulletin is a semi-regular email highlighting a handpicked selection of recently published research and other knowledge outputs in the area of fuel/energy poverty from around the world. The aim is to share this emerging knowledge more widely and to help generate discussion across the network.

If you have any issues accessing the below articles, or you have articles, research or other information we could share, please contact newsletter@fuelpovertyresearch.net

Does energy poverty impede job search success? Evidence from the unemployed in Australia
Riccardo Welters; Ruud Gerards (2025)
 Academic Paper  Open Access 

This article explores the indirect consequences of energy poverty in the labour market in Australia. Analysis finds that although energy poverty increases job search intensity, it also increases time-to-employment, reduces time-in-employment in the first twelve months following the identification of energy poverty and lowers the employment status twelve months afterwards.

Weatherization reduces needs for energy bill assistance
Lynée L. Turek-Hankins; Vince Schueler; Miyuki Hino; Katharine J. Mach (2025)
 Academic Paper  Open Access 

This paper presents analysis of 8 years of longitudinal, household-level participation data for the USA federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and a utility-run program in Washington state. The findings show that weatherization can reduce household energy consumption but does not reduce utility bill financial assistance over time.

Energy poverty, health and well-being - A socio-ecological perspective (pdf)
Stevens, M. (2025)
 Report  Other  Open Access 

This thesis explores the interplay between energy poverty, health and well-being through a socio-ecological lens, and develops interventions and educational strategies aimed at mitigating impacts.

From data to dignity: Understanding and predicting fuel poverty in the United Kingdom with machine learning
Rahil Dejkam; Reinhard Madlener (2025)
 Academic Paper  Open Access 

This study applies a data-driven framework to assess fuel poverty risk in England using the 2019 English Housing Survey and explores the opportunities that predictive modeling can provide to help address hidden vulnerability patterns that conventional static indicators may overlook.

Understanding energy poverty at the local level and the role of multi-apartment buildings (pdf)
Nikos Manias; Dimitris Papantonis; Alexandros Flamos (2025)
 Report  Open Access 

This report explores the challenges posed by private multi-apartment
buildings in relation to energy poverty. The report reviews EU, national, and local policy frameworks, and highlights barriers such as poor building performance, fragmented ownership and decision-making, financing gaps, and limited municipal capacity that constrain effective energy poverty alleviation.

Energy Literacy and Energy Poverty in Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Lithuania: Insights from the E-lit Adults Project
Aušra Rūtelionė; Žaneta Stasiškienė (2025)
 Academic Paper  Open Access 

This is a summary of outcomes from the Erasmus+ project Energy Literacy for Adults (E-lit Adults) project which explored five countries–Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, and Lithuania–to gain a clearer picture of the situation across Europe in relation to energy literacy and poverty.

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