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CHAPTER 11
Sustainable Energy Consumption
and Energy Poverty: Challenges
and Trends in Bulgaria
Marko Hajdinjak and Desislava Asenova
Abstract The chapter provides a short overview of the sustainable
energy consumption challenges in the Bulgarian residential sector, with
a special focus on the issue of energy poverty. The chapter first looks at
the main characteristics of the household energy consumption (energy
mix, use of renewables, socio-material factors) and then summarises the
relevant information about the Bulgarian energy system and energy policies. The authors discuss the most important findings from the review of
sustainable energy consumption initiatives (SECIs) involving Bulgarian
households and present a good practice example of one such initiative
(European Citizens Climate Cup [ECCC]). The conclusion of the chapter considers why Bulgarian households rarely take measures aimed at
increasing their energy efficiency.
© The Author(s) 2019
F. Fahy et al. (eds.), Energy Demand Challenges in Europe,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20339-9_11
M. Hajdinjak (*) · D. Asenova
Applied Research and Communications Fund, Sofia, Bulgaria
e-mail: marko.hajdinjak@online.bg
D. Asenova
e-mail: desislava.asenova@online.bg