Papillon
Papillon fights against energy poverty in a way that's good for people and planet. One in five families in Belgium can barely pay their energy bill. A third of those families use energy-hungry household appliances. This drives up their energy bills and leads to even more financial problems. In order to break this vicious circle we provide energysaving appliances in an as-a-service (circular economy). In 2018 the Papillon project started as a pilot and no fewer than 73 families from the Westhoek region rent 129 household appliances with an A++ or A+++ label (new label C to E) for a period of ten years. Now it's being scaled to the rest of Flanders. Papillon is a co-creation between SAAMO West-Vlaanderen (a social commnity work oganisation) and BSH Belgium (for the brand BOSCH).
- SAAMO West-Vlaanderen : initiator and coordination of the project, a social organisation in the field of community work
- BSH Belgium (Bosch) : Together with SAAMO co-creator of Papillon
- Low income households : people living in energy poverty or with high risk of energy poverty
- Local Governments : taking up the role of social franchisees
- Flemish government : provides the regular framework and a reduction for families on social tarifs
- VP Capital : provides a grant to enable an impactful scaling proces
Our actions
WHAT
Actions
- Providing energy efficient appliances to low income households (in energy poverty)
- Providing assistance to the beneficiaries (pilot) to a better energy situation
- Efforts to expand Papillon to other regions
- Lead advocacy efforts to improve policies for tackling energy poverty
HOW MUCH
Number of energy efficient appliances in use
Households that have one or more energy efficient appliances
Our results
WHAT
Outcomes
- Reduced energy consumption
- Increased awareness on the importance of reducing energy consumption
- Beneficiaries have a higher knowledge of the energy market
HOW MUCH
Regions in which Papillon is active
% households that are satisfied with the service
95%Average yearly savings (in kWh) for households
666Our impact
WHAT
Impacts
- Increased skills of beneficiaries to reduce energy consumption
- Less energy poverty due to legal framework adapted to the situation of people living in energy poverty.
HOW MUCH
Adaptations of legal framework that take into account the position of people in energy poverty.
2Who we are
- Stefan Goemaere
SAAMO project coordination
- Curt Callebaut
SAAMO
- Jan Wielockx
SAAMO
- Stijn Maerevoet
SAAMO
- Bruno Vermoesen
BSH - Head of Office Governmental Affairs for Circular Economy
- Lien Moonens
BSH - Business Consultant BE - Strategy & Sales Transformation WE
