Sectors of application
EDF divisions and external solidarity partners committed to fighting energy poverty and supporting vulnerable households
Our offer
Faced with rising inequalities, the energy crisis, economic difficulties, and the effects of climate change, EDF R&D is strengthening its commitment to populations experiencing energy poverty. The “Energy Poverty” project, led by EDF R&D, aims to better understand the pathways of vulnerable households, co-develop concrete solutions with field stakeholders, and highlight solidarity actions in close collaboration with EDF’s Solidarity Department and the Impact Division.
A team of experts supports you in developing your social project related to energy poverty by:
- Understanding the realities of energy poverty through qualitative and quantitative studies, territorial diagnostics, and active monitoring of social developments.
- Supporting vulnerable clients and solidarity partners by developing tailored tools, services, and schemes (digital inclusion, renovation, energy management, health, etc.). Testing and evaluating these initiatives in the field with beneficiaries and partners.
- Showcasing EDF R&D’s solidarity actions through feedback, targeted communications, seminars, and publications.
Your challenges
- Better understand populations experiencing vulnerability, or the evolution of different forms of precariousness.
- Develop tailored solutions for vulnerable households: eco-friendly actions, digital inclusion, renovation, energy consumption management, health, etc.
- Innovate in supporting vulnerable populations: design new awareness-raising initiatives, including services, digital tools, and low-tech games.
Our strengths
- A multidisciplinary R&D team bringing together expertise in sociology, ergonomics, data science, design, and statistics.
- Close collaboration with EDF’s Solidarity Department, the Impact Division, and regional solidarity managers.
- A network of service providers committed to supporting vulnerable populations.
- Support for partners, associations, and organizations in connection with EDF’s Solidarity Department.
Use case examples
Toulouse Métropole (2013): Implementation of the first “Solidarity Workshop” in collaboration with all stakeholders: residents of the Empalot neighborhood, Habitat Toulouse, City of Toulouse, CAF, Leroy Merlin, Compagnons Bâtisseurs (see the video).
Brézillon – Bouygues Group (2014): Supporting populations in the pilot program for renovating degraded private condominiums.
Vilogia (2016): Establishment of a solidarity workshop for tenants of its housing stock in the city of Hem (59).
WetechCare (2021): Design of training programs to raise awareness of digital inclusion.
Mouvement des Régies (2025): Presentation of EDF R&D studies.
EDF – Commerce and Impact Divisions: Customer knowledge studies, prospective studies, energy poverty and just transition seminars, design of innovative tools to promote eco-actions.