Vulnerable energy customers in Croatia

Energy efficiency advisors to low income households

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• Vulnerable energy customers in Croatia• Energy efficiency advisors to low income

households

Vulnerable energy customers in Croatia

2003.

2004.

2005.

2006.

2007.

2008.

2009.

2010.

2011.

2012.

9.50

9.92

9.90

10.21

9.09

9.14

9.65

11.05

9.98

12.21

Percantage of average energy costs in average basic income

Vulnerable energy customers in Croatia

• almost 10% of households are unable to keep their home adequately warm

• 26% of households have arrears on utility bills• almost 50% of the building stock is dated before 1970• 2% of GDP is devoted to a permanent social assistance• the share of permanent social assistance recipients (energy

vulnerable customers) in total population grew to 2,59% (cca 50.000 households)

• A research conducted jointly by the GfK Centre for Market Research and UNDP shows that almost two-thirds of Croatian households spend more than 10 percent of their income on basic energy needs (21% spend more than 20 percent)

Level of energy poverty using material deprivation factors

Arrears

on utility b

ills/3

Inadeq

uately

insulat

ed house/

3

Dispro

portionaly

high housin

g exp

enditu

re/3

Unable

to ke

ep home a

dequate

ly warm

Total

(energ

y pove

rty)

05

10152025303540

SILC (2010)20112012

• The level of energy poverty in Croatia using this approach is around 35 %.

• The level of severe material deprivation in Croatia is around 30%• People at the risk of poverty is 20,5% (2012)

Where do we spend energy?

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.3 0.31 0.32

Share of final energy consumption in households in total energy consumption (%)

Households in Croatia participate with 30,7% in the total energy consumption in Croatia in 2011

What influence high energy consumption in households?

Final energy consumption

Final energy consumption in households

Population

Final energy consumption in households per capita (MJ)

Energy intensity

GDP per capita

-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Percentage growth in energy consumption in households, 2007-2011 average

Increase in per capita energy consumption in households can be explained by decreasing level of energy efficiency level in households

Use of traditional wood

Due to high costs of natural gas and electricity traditional wood for heating is often only alternative option

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00

14.96

14.87

15.75

17.31

20.58

Traditional wood for heating

Energy prices• Croatia had one of the highest percentage increases in energy prices

within EU in 2012(first in electricity and third in natural gas price)

PortugalLithuaniaHungary

LuxembourgSpain

RomaniaDenmark

MaltaLatvia

SloveniaFrance

FinlandAustria

Czech RepublicEuropean Union (28 countries)

ItalyBelgium

Germany Poland

SwedenSlovakiaEstoniaGreeceIreland

BulgariaUnited Kingdom

CyprusCroatia

-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20

Percentage change in electricity prices for household consumers, 2012-2011

Practical solutions to tackle energy affordability – EE measures• No cost or low cost energy efficiency measures in low

income households• Solar heating systems• Passive social housing• Usage of cogeneration biomass for heating

Energy efficiency advisors to low income households

• Young and long term unemployed people

• Curriculum and education materials for energy efficiency advisors

• Emphasize on practical work and simulation of vistits to households

Education and qualification

• Identification of low income households by Social Welfare Centre

• PR campaign to motivate households to apply for the visits

• Synergy with Caritas/Red Cross

Low income households

• 1st and 2nd visits to households

• 1st visit – data collection and assesment

• 2nd visit – implementation of immediate help

• Evalution of savings

Visits to households

Energy efficiency advisors to low income households

Employment

Education

Social aspects

Climate protection

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Thanks for your attention!

Prepared byZoran Kordić, UNDP Croatia

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