Analysis of indicators and datasets for energy poverty assessment: The case of private multi-family buildings

This report aims to provide valuable insights for the municipalities of Piraeus (Greece), Rumia (Poland), and Torres Vedras (Portugal) to address energy poverty in private multi-apartment buildings within their territories, within the context of the LOCATEE project. It reviews 68 energy poverty assessment approaches published in recent scientific literature and selected grey literature from EU projects and initiatives on energy poverty to identify the datasets, indicators, and practices that can be leveraged to build a comprehensive and robust energy poverty assessment, combining administrative data at national and municipal levels. National statistics are the most used data source, and energy poverty is most frequently depicted as a problem of space heating over expenditure. Direct measurements estimating energy poverty levels and headcounts require income, expenditure and consensual indicators that are not easily available, requiring dedicated data collection at the household level. Building indicators are mostly used as indirect indicators of energy poverty, integrated in composite vulnerability analysis, as predictors of deprivation or as intermediate indicators for estimating energy expenditures. Unconventional indicators include health status, energy disconnections, other basic expenses (e.g. water, transport), energy literacy, building renovations, indoor air quality, outdoor space, and occurrence of extreme weather events.