This publication aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the main findings, and key achievements and challenges encountered within the ComAct project across five pilot countries, and more specifically, the municipalities of Burgas in Bulgaria, Budapest in Hungary, Karpoš (Skopje) and Kavadarci in North Macedonia, Odessa in Ukraine, and Kaišiadorys and Tauragė in Lithuania.
The report is structured into four main chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the ComAct project, including the contextual background, main concepts, hypothesis, primary objectives, and methodology. Chapter two presents a summary of the policy recommendations derived from the work in the five pilots along with the list of main project deliverables for further reference. Chapter three highlights the pilots’ key achievements, challenges and main takeaways focusing on the three pillars of the ComAct approach to tackling energy poverty on a building level. The final chapter discusses the continuation of ComAct beyond the project’s official duration.
