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, environmental and economic goals in urban policy and identifying locations with the highest exposure to energy poverty. As a result of the analysis, we propose establishing an intracity working group to discuss issues related to the residential energy transition as well as criteria, weights and indicators of intervention; developing a city definition of energy retrofit, along with the introduction of measurable criteria for the energy efficiency of buildings; ensuring the completeness, interoperability, and further development of the city’s internal data monitoring system.
The report was funded by the C40 Cities organisation under the Inclusive Climate Action (ICA Fund) grant. In this study, we use data from the City of Warsaw Office and many other entities that are not responsible for the data and conclusions contained in the publication. The usual disclaimers apply. All errors are ours. We thank everyone who helped us with data access and project results consultation, especially Jacek Kisiel, Paweł Jaczewski, and Jakub Kułach from the Office of Air Protection and Climate Policy in the City of Warsaw, as well as Josu Mozos from C40.
Institute for Structural Research (IBS), Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Polish Academy of Sciences