RENOVERTY is a European Union project, funded under the LIFE programme (LIFE21-CET-ENERPOV-RENOVERTY/101077272), to address energy poverty and promote the energy renovation of buildings in some European regions, defining a methodological and practical framework for the construction of renovation roadmaps for vulnerable rural districts.
Research on urban-rural disparities has revealed significant regional differences across Europe, with rural areas in Central and Eastern Europe traditionally much poorer and excluded than urban agglomerations. Rural areas in southern Europe are facing similar problems, with the addition of the fact that economic differences in the urban-rural divide have been slow to diminish.
The project aims to design a scalable set of renewal roadmaps with operational models for the rural areas of Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia (Central and Eastern Europe/South-Eastern Europe), Italy, Portugal and Spain (Southern European countries), while ensuring the replicability of the model in these regions and its scalability at the European level.
Objectives:
- Promote the renovation of vulnerable rural districts and lay the foundations for increasing energy efficiency in 17 vulnerable rural areas in 7 REGIONS;
- Empower all public (and non-public) actors in rural areas, involving them in the renovation process of vulnerable neighbourhoods/buildings;
- minimise the logistical, financial, administrative and legal burdens caused by a complex and multi-party home renovation process;
- ensure that the renovation of buildings takes into account the social dimension, incorporating safety, comfort and better accessibility for citizens, to further improve the quality of life of the vulnerable population.
Actions:
- Provide individual Energy Efficiency Renovation (REER) roadmaps based on household and region distinguishing characteristics. The project aims to build 17 individual roadmaps that will be designed with the direct collaboration of at least 20 local actors;
- provide a scalable operating model, to support the replicability of renewal roadmaps, both in CEE, EEA and SE regions, and at European level;
- Identify and overcome regional-local collaboration barriers to housing renovation services in the seven pilot regions through participatory activities with local actors;
- involvement of over 600 stakeholders;
- new engagement strategies that focus on rural residents.
