par Delbeke, Bart;Meyer, Sandrine 
Référence King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels, Ed. 1
Publication Publié, 2015
Référence King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels, Ed. 1
Publication Publié, 2015
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| Résumé : | Financial problems today prevent many Belgian families from heating their homes correctly. Others have difficulties in paying their water, gas and electricity bills. Moreover, dilapidated housing that is inefficient and poorly insulated leads to high energy costs. Such homes are often inhabited by low-income families who already experience problems in making ends meet.This is the vicious circle of energy poverty: the fewer means one has, the less one is able to take advantage of rational programmes of energy use and the higher the energy bills are.The King Baudouin Foundation would like to break this vicious circle and believes that innovative and large-scale solutions must urgently be found. Already, in recent years, and with a view to greater social justice, the King Baudouin Foundation has been particularly attentive to the question of access to decent housing and the costs of energy for the less well-off.The Foundation aims to continue encouraging discussion and initiatives. It is within this context that it manages the Platform Against Energy Poverty, which regularly publishes the Energy Poverty Barometer in Belgium, based on research carried out by the Universiteit Antwerpen and the Université Libre de Bruxelles.The findings from the first barometer are presented in the pages that follow. |
