In April 2017, ENABLE.EU launched its website at www.enable-eu.com. It features information about the Energy Union, the project, its target groups and expected impacts, and the consortium. Users can download the project’s leaflet in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Polish, learn more about the project by taking a look at the project presentation, and […]
In the first year of the project, ENABLE.EU held two project meetings and began a series of national focus groups, designed to find out what energy challenges people face in everyday life. The results of these focus groups will be presented next summer in a series of formal reports that can be read and downloaded […]
Changing habits is never easy, and this goes not only for individuals but also for governments. Long-term objectives are often eclipsed by short-term considerations, and disruption can be uncomfortable, painful and expensive. Transitioning to cleaner energy will entail a sea change in deeply entrenched attitudes, practices and systems. So how can we get all of […]
As the first year of ENABLE.EU draws to a close, a comprehensive bibliography and review of the scientific research on energy choices have been published on the website. Covering over four hundred scientific articles, the state-of-the-art review of the literature examines the social and economic drivers of individual and collective energy choices. It consists of literature reviews […]
ENABLE.EU is currently conducting a household survey in eleven countries regarding individual and collective energy choices. The survey is aimed at understanding the energy-related habits, opinions and attitudes that shape people’s energy choices. It will also decipher the social, cultural, technological, economic and psychological factors at play, and look for insights into their relationship to […]
What are the challenges we face in transitioning to cleaner, more sustainable energy? How can we nudge consumers towards better choices? ENABLE.EU – Enabling the Energy Union, funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, wants to find out the answer to these questions. The thing is, how we make decisions in various energy-related areas, […]