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Exploring Retrofit Realities in Social Housing
Read this new policy brief, stemming from collaborative research by Hannah Charles, Stefan Bouzarovski, Rob Bellamy, and Alexandra Gormally-Sutton, in partnership with One Manchester. Focusing on a case study housing estate, Hannah Charles’ PhD project (leading to the brief) examined…
Keep readingReflections from the POWER UP Consortium meeting in Modena, Italy
Ami Crowther and Manon Burbidge from the University of Manchester travelled to Modena, Italy in October 2023 to attend the POWER UP Consortium meeting and the Energy Cities Annual Conference, this year on the theme of “Grafting Cities”. POWER UP…
Keep readingSaska Petrova to present public lecture based on ENPOR project findings
Next month, on the 24th of October, Saska Petrova will deliver a high-level public keynote at the University of Humboldt, building on her experience from the ENPOR project, co-delivered with colleagues Manon Burbidge and Stefan Bouzarovski at the University of…
Keep readingTowards a just energy transition
A position statement for the Western Balkans This statement is the outcome of a series of discussions and exchanges among researchers, practitioners and advocates working on energy transformation and social justice in the Western Balkans (comprising six Southeastern European states -…
Keep readingSocial justice and the energy transformation process in North Macedonia
A blogpost by LENS researcher Ivana Vuchkova. The energy transformation means a different thing to different countries. While in some it represents an opportunity for decarbonization of the economy alongside employment growth and improved well-being of citizens, in the developing…
Keep readingStefan Bouzarovski discusses ENPOR project at EU Red Cross Annual Meeting keynote
Earlier this month, on the 9th of December, Stefan Bouzarovski delivered an online Keynote presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Union Red Cross. The keynote focused on the need to include different socio-economic groups and forms of vulnerability…
Keep readingPOWERTY Knowledge exchange meeting
POWERTY (Renewable energies for vulnerable groups) is a European project, framed in the INTERREG EUROPE programme aiming to achieve innovative renewable solutions to tackle energy poverty. On 13th and 14th June, 2022 POWERTY project partners and other stakeholders gathered together…
Keep readingFifth POWERTY Newsletter Available to Read Now
The POWERTY project’s fourth newsletter is available to read now from the Interreg website. Highlights from this edition include outcomes from bilateral meetings, meetings with regional experts, prizes and awards, as well as general updates from the POWERTY projects. Read…
Keep readingFourth POWERTY Newsletter Available to Read Now
The POWERTY project’s fourth newsletter is available to read now from the Interreg website. Highlights from this edition include reports from the second and third Interregional Seminars, selected Good Practices from the projects, outcomes from bilateral meetings with European experts,…
Keep readingPRESS RELEASE: Third Interregional thematic seminar of the POWERTY project on Empowering Citizens and Local Authorities
17th and 18th June 2021, online The III Interregional Thematic Seminar of the POWERTY project took place on June 17-18, 2021, where the focus was on learning how to involve local authorities and citizens in raising awareness of the problem…
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