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).

1. No Poverty3. Good Health and Well-being7. Affordable and Clean Energy11. Sustainable Cities and Communities12. Responsible Consumption and Production13. Climate Action
  • 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
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Our 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
Number of energy efficient appliances in use
Target: 400
LabelValue
S2 1867.00 (1 of 5 responses)
S2 22252.00 (2 of 5 responses)
S1 23350.00 (2 of 5 responses)
Households that have one or more energy efficient appliances
Target: 280
LabelValue
201844.00 (1 of 6 responses)
201977.00 (1 of 6 responses)
2022157.00 (2 of 6 responses)
2023212.00 (2 of 6 responses)
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Our outcomes

  • Reduced energy consumption
  • Increased awareness on the importance of reducing energy consumption
  • Beneficiaries have a higher knowledge of the energy market
% households that are satisfied with the service
95%
Target: 80
Period: S2 22
Regions in which Papillon is active
Target: 18
LabelValue
S2 2220.00 (2 of 3 responses)
S1 2323.00 (1 of 3 responses)
Average yearly savings (in kWh) for households
666
Target: 300
Period: S2 22
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Our 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.
Adaptations of legal framework that take into account the position of people in energy poverty.
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Period: S2 22

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