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Strategic plan to alleviate energy poverty in the elderly in Andalusia
Published on 29 April 2021
Spain
Andalucía
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About this good practice
The group of elderly people has a high degree of energy vulnerability derived from the fact that their homes are old and energy deficient and their financial resources are limited, which places them in a situation of energy poverty (impossibility of rehabilitating their homes and meeting the payments of the energy supplies: 1.6 million older people have difficulties to pay their electricity bills throughout Spain).
This energy poverty, such as the lack of adequate heating in winter, seriously damages the health of the elderly and also poses a serious risk of fires.
The social bonus is an insufficient mechanism for which the regional government has prepared the I Comprehensive Strategic Plan for the Elderly in Andalusia 2020 - 2023, which has required a prior diagnosis of energy poverty in the elderly group, by the Andalusian Energy Agency, which has led to a line of action: Program P3_3 for the reduction of energy poverty in the group of older people, whose objective is to facilitate that this group can access a safe, clean and reliable energy supply, based on renewable energies.
Specifically, it is intended to develop a battery of measures of various kinds that provide a minimum vital energy supply to older people who have difficulty maintaining adequate conditions of temperature, humidity and ventilation inside their homes, while reducing the impact associated that these conditions have on the health and safety of the elderly.
This energy poverty, such as the lack of adequate heating in winter, seriously damages the health of the elderly and also poses a serious risk of fires.
The social bonus is an insufficient mechanism for which the regional government has prepared the I Comprehensive Strategic Plan for the Elderly in Andalusia 2020 - 2023, which has required a prior diagnosis of energy poverty in the elderly group, by the Andalusian Energy Agency, which has led to a line of action: Program P3_3 for the reduction of energy poverty in the group of older people, whose objective is to facilitate that this group can access a safe, clean and reliable energy supply, based on renewable energies.
Specifically, it is intended to develop a battery of measures of various kinds that provide a minimum vital energy supply to older people who have difficulty maintaining adequate conditions of temperature, humidity and ventilation inside their homes, while reducing the impact associated that these conditions have on the health and safety of the elderly.
Resources needed
• Budget corresponding to the preparation of the I Strategic Plan: € 199,063.25.
• Budget for the execution of the Plan may be set once the measures to be included are defined.
• Origin of ERDF funds - European Interreg Europe program
• Budget for the execution of the Plan may be set once the measures to be included are defined.
• Origin of ERDF funds - European Interreg Europe program
Evidence of success
I Comprehensive Strategic Plan for the Elderly in Andalusia 2020 - 2023 prepared and published so far. It will not be until 2022 that the Plan's action plans are defined, therefore until then there will be no definition of concrete measures that will be carried out in 2023.
Potential for learning or transfer
The aging of society is a general phenomenon of the entire European population; Furthermore, the threats and difficulties faced by the elderly group are largely common throughout the European Union. Therefore, the development of plans such as this good practice can be inspiring in other regions both for the group to which they are directed (elderly people) and for contemplating a specific line to serve elderly people in situations of energy poverty.
On the other hand, as established by the European directives on energy matters, all European citizens must benefit from the energy transition, which is why this type of strategic plan is very necessary in all European regions to achieve this objective, in particular, facilitating that the elderly have access to quality energy supplies and from Renewable energies.
On the other hand, as established by the European directives on energy matters, all European citizens must benefit from the energy transition, which is why this type of strategic plan is very necessary in all European regions to achieve this objective, in particular, facilitating that the elderly have access to quality energy supplies and from Renewable energies.
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Organisation
Regional Government of Andalucia
Spain
Andalucía
Contact
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