FPRN bulletin – 16th April 2025

This report explores how to make retrofit more affordable given significant concerns by households about the cost of improvements. A number of recommendations are presented including that government could fully fund upgrades for low-income homeowners in the worst performing housing, grants tapered by household income and government-back low interest loans.

This Citizens Advice report explores how to improve consumers’ experiences of energy efficiency schemes. The report identifies the need to boost awareness, make the processes more consistent and to provide independent and personalised advice.

This study analyzes energy spending by Canadian households and the state of energy poverty in Canada. Findings include that in 2021, 6.2% of Canadian households were classified as energy poor based solely on within-the-home energy expenses, up from 4.7% in 2019.

This article explores Hungary as a case study to examine the role of spatial dependency for the household energy mix. The results find that spatial location has a significant impact on household energy use and households with a similar energy mix are spatially concentrated which indicates a greater need for spatially concentrated and localized energy policies for the just energy transition.

This presentation discusses what households can do to lower bills, and reduce damp, cold, and mould. Topics covered include electrification, and the benefits and risks of investing in heat pumps, solar and batteries.

This study investigates how energy poverty impacts health capital, using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. The findings indicate that energy poverty has a significant negative impact on health capital of older residents which has implications for policy intervention improvements.