EPRN bulletin – 6th March 2026

This paper proposes a socio-technical optimization approach for retrofitting the housing stock that mitigates fuel poverty while minimising both capital costs and carbon emissions, reconciling social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Results found that incorporating fuel poverty constraints limited the achievable decarbonisation, reducing its potential by 21–87 %.

This blog explores how to better deliver a people-centred approach to the delivery of heat decarbonisation strategies.

This plan sets out how the UK Government will cut energy bills and upgrade homes.

This new fuel poverty strategy for England seeks to ensure that 1 million households are supported to achieve warm homes, reversing the trend of stalling progress under the previous government.

This paper examines the various aspects of energy poverty in Nigeria and proposes opportunities to reduce the energy poverty rate of 70% across the country.

This paper explores hidden energy vulnerability through analysis of 8 Chilean apartments during the winter of 2023. The researchers found that 60 % of “regular-consumption” homes failed to meet the WHO temperature standard of 18 °C, and under-consuming homes averaged just 15.4 °C. This has implications for health and wellbeing and energy policy.

This paper applies a machine learning framework to explore the seasonal impact of energy poverty in South Korea. The analysis reveals the temporal elements to energy poverty across different seasons with implications for policy and practice.