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STEP-IN second Summer School successfully held virtually from July 6th to 7th 2020
The STEP-IN second Summer School was successfully held from July 6th to 7th 2020 with the support of Greek STEP-IN partners NTUA and RAE. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the meeting originally planned in Metsovo (the Greek Mountain Living Lab), took place online. The...
STEP-IN Network of Interest Workshop with Practitioners successfully concluded
STEP-IN has successfully carried out its Network of Interest Workshop on 30th June 2020 as a virtual meeting, where 22 stakeholders attended, mainly from practitioner organisations. This first part of the second phase of the STEP-IN Network of...
STEP-IN featured by the European Commission
The European Commission's Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) has featured STEP-IN in their recent news post titled "Supporting vulnerable households in tackling energy poverty" together with the STEP project. Both projects are funded by by Horizon 2020 Energy...
STEP-IN Network of Interest Online Workshop
STEP-IN is organising an online workshop which will specifically focus on practitioners working with vulnerable communities across Europe. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 at 16:00 CET. Stefan Bouzarovski, University of Manchester, and Chair of...
Online Round Table on Energy Poverty in Greece
On Thursday 18 June, an online round table entitled “Energy Poverty in Greece: Quantification, Monitoring and Alleviation Policies” was organised. This online event was an initiative within STEP-IN, co-organised by the project partner National Technical University of...
Covid-19: Restarting Living Labs Work
STEP-IN is pleased to announce that the Living Lab operations in Manchester (UK), Nyírbátor (Hungary), and Metsovo (Greece) have resumed after the suspension since mid-March 2020 caused by Covid-19 (more information here) In the light of the current situation, work is...
COVID-19: Suspension of all our Living Labs activities
Dear partners, collaborators, and network, The STEP-IN project has always put the safety and wellbeing of the public and its project members first. Therefore, because of the outbreak of COVID-19, it is with regret that we announce the suspension of all three Living...
4th Energy Café in our Hungarian Living Lab
The Hungarian LL successfully held its 4th Energy Café, at Nyirpilis, on March, 9th, 2020. The main topic of the event was the safe access to energy sources as well as possible ways to reduce heating costs. Through this event, we were able to reach a lot of new...
Interested to watch actual field work in our Rural Living Lab in Nyirbator, Hungary? Check out this video!
Within our Rural Living Lab in Nyírbátor area in Hungary, the energy supplier E.ON is helping consumers in need through prepaid electricity meters to prevent further indebtedness and unsafe energy consumption practices. Check out the video below for more insights on...
STEP-IN winter school in Budapest: November 26-28, 2019
The first STEP-IN Winter School was successfully held in Budapest, Hungary on from November 26th to November 28th 2019 with the support of our local partners ARIOSZ, MALTAI and E.ON. The first two days of the Winter School were dedicated to interactive workshops with...
STEP-IN on Twitter
#Papillon is not only a project with a social goal (tackling #energypoverty) but it has also ecological goals. Circular economy, energyefficiency, saving on water & CO2 are as important as reducing the energy consumption and the overall bill and raising the living comfort. https://twitter.com/BoschBelgium/status/1306499396163563521
60 to 90% of the environmental impact of household appliances is in the use phase. This is mainly energy consumption. 🥀
#ClimateMattersAtBosch #BSHBelgium #Papillonproject
We are partnering with @NEAUKCharity to provide free #training for essential frontline energy advisors in Scotland. We're running 10 free webinars in Oct for our members on #fuelpoverty & #energyvulnerability. Get in touch to find out more or sign up now. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fuel-poverty-energy-vulnerability-and-health-impacts-in-scotland-1-tickets-121693623905?aff=Twitter
Join me and my colleagues from @EngagerCOST at lovely #Lisbon in March 2021 for interesting discussions regarding energy poverty and decarbonization policies 👇💡⚡️ deadline 30 Sept. https://twitter.com/CENSE_FCT_UNL/status/1308080810919157760
📢 3rd @EngagerCOST conference "MAKING DECARBONISATION FAIR", organized by @FuelPovertyRN and hosted by @DECOAssociacao & @CENSE_FCT_UNL on 1-2 Mar 2021 in #Lisbon.
Call for contributions until 30 Sept 👉https://bit.ly/2O3gzL1
#energypoverty #fuelpoverty #decarbonisation
Our online sessions are a great way to increase your knowledge and power up support to those most #vulnerable. Events include for group participation as we all learn from collaboration eg Webinar #2 focuses on the health & wellbeing impacts of #fuelpoverty https://bit.ly/2FYGxi0
Ending energy poverty - Sustainable Goals: https://www.sustainablegoals.org.uk/ending-energy-poverty/#.X2n-Erj8hPc.twitter
.@vonderleyen wants #NextGenerationEU to launch the #GenerationWave, as "buildings can become carbon sinks with the use of the right materials and AI"
She calls for a change of culture and strong cooperation in this sector
"this will reduce #energypoverty"
.@vonderleyen reminds that despite the lockdowns, Earth got warmer
We need to do more to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050
And proposes to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030
#StateOfTheUnion
New @EngagerCOST Policy Brief on "New narratives and actors for citizen-led energy poverty dialogues" now available on our website http://www.engager-energy.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WG3-Policy-Brief_Sept-2020.pdf.
Edited by Marlies Hesselman and @stiradoherrero, with contributions from 20+ experts within the action.
