The EU’s energy transition contains clear legal obligations to prioritise vulnerable households. The EPBD requires financial incentives to target energy-poor households first. The Energy Efficiency Directive requires member states to make the best pos…
Energy poverty didn’t exist as a concept in Spain when Marta García París first encountered it. Today, Ecoserveis runs one of the most cited local intervention models in Europe — built not on technical expertise alone, but on the conviction that citiz…
Adrian Hiel set himself a goal in 2015: to fully electrify his own life. Ten years, a cargo bike, a fully insulated house he couldn’t afford to put a heat pump in, and a 50,000-euro loan later — he’s nearly there. He is also the first Director the Ele…
Half of European households live in flats or rented homes. For a decade, the clean energy transition has passed them by — smart tariffs assume an EV, rooftop solar assumes a roof, home batteries assume a wall you can drill into. Ashley Grealish has sp…
The EU’s flexibility agenda promises to empower consumers. Demand-side response, dynamic tariffs, smart meters — the idea is that households can take control of their energy use and benefit from the transition. The evidence is less tidy.
Vulnerable…
Women are already the primary decision-makers in household renovation and low-carbon upgrades. They manage timelines, handle budgets, research materials, anticipate health impacts, and carry the cognitive load of the entire process. The retrofit syste…
I installed balcony solar panels at home. They work. They reduce my electricity bill. They also revealed something structural.
Solar is technically simple. Scaling it is not.
In Vilnius, I explored what happens when decentralised energy meets multi-ap…
The Modernisation Fund is often treated as a technical financing tool. In reality, it is one of the most structural instruments in EU climate policy.
In this episode, Marine Cornelis speaks with Morgan Henley, campaigner at CEE Bankwatch, about how th…
Europe has set ambitious targets for clean heating. Heat pumps are central to that strategy. Yet deployment continues to slow, especially in multi-apartment buildings and social housing.
In this episode, Marine Cornelis explores why.
Joined by Vladimi…
Why does the energy sector keep trying to explain, rather than designing better?
In this episode of Energ’Ethic, Marine Cornelis speaks with Sean Layerle, Managing Partner at Baalbek Insights, about a stubborn reflex in the energy transition: the be…
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