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2023-10-02 Housing cooperatives facing the energy transition. Insights from Poland and Czechia

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Wojciech Bełch

Tomasz Świetlik

This study constitutes preliminary analytical material concerning the adaptative capacity of housing cooperatives to accommodate energy transition in Poland and Czechia. This report comprehensively utilises administrative data from Polish and Czech national registers for the first time. These data have been employed to (1) compare ...

2024-03-11 How to use social support networks to tackle energy poverty?

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Some households in an energy poverty crisis cannot rely on support from other people. Also, the effectiveness of programs combating energy poverty is limited due to difficulties in reaching households in crisis. Without institutional, material, and emotional support, people experiencing energy poverty cannot improve their ...

2024-07-31 Facilitating data-driven retrofits to alleviate energy poverty in Warsaw

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The study includes a procedure and recommendations for collecting data on energy poverty at the building level, available in national and local government registers. The adopted analytical process allowed for developing various energy renovation scenarios for municipal buildings in Warsaw, considering a balance between social, ...

2023-03-27 Energy poverty among women in Poland

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Women who independently manage households constitute a social group particularly vulnerable to energy poverty. This vulnerability stems from several factors, including low-income levels associated with gender pay and pension gaps. Additionally, the increased risk of energy poverty is shaped by specific energy needs and traditional ...

2024-12-17 Energy commons during crisis: Understanding housing cooperative strategies through dramaturgical sociology

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The importance of energy as a common good becomes especially pronounced during crises. This paper reconstructs the response of housing cooperatives – a specific type of energy community – to the energy crisis. To this end, we apply eighteen impression management strategies inspired by Erving ...

2025-07-28 Between efficiency and democracy: Explaining support and resistance towards energy transition and prosumer solutions in Polish and Czech housing cooperatives

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Krzysztof Niedziałkowski

The paper examines attitudes and perceptions of collective energy investments in multi-family buildings, applying an institutional framework and based on 60 interviews with key policy stakeholders and housing cooperative representatives in Poland and the Czechia. Housing cooperatives are well-positioned to implement renewable energy technologies as ...