The following tool has been developed in the frame of the ASSIST project which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme.
The report summerises the information from the following reports:
- Best practice guide on financial tools
- A summary of the national and European measures addressing vulnerable consumers and energy poverty
- Replicable best practice national and European measures
- European market survey on vulnerable consumer needs.
The aim of ASSIST (Support Network for Household Energy Saving) is to fight energy poverty by actively engaging consumers in the energy market, generating a positive change of behaviour in relation to energy consumption and to influence the design of energy poverty-oriented policies. It intends to contribute to tackling the main barriers of the energy market (taking into account electricity and heating) faced by a specific segment of people: vulnerable consumers with special focus on energy poor
