Reaching households
Energy poverty is shaped by affordability, housing quality, low trust, bill complexity, pride and shame. Local relationships matter.
Tackling energy poverty together.
KrachtKring is turning fragmented local action in Northern Groningen into a scalable blueprint for reducing energy poverty.
KrachtKring organizes collaboration, removes systemic barriers and strengthens local implementation capacity so support can move from policy to households.
Discover our approachSystem challenge
Energy poverty is not one problem.
The blueprint frames energy poverty as a connected social, technical and organizational challenge. The organizational layer is central because available knowledge and resources do not automatically reach households.
Turning measures into practical pathways
Technical solutions and home measures exist, but they need to fit local homes, resident realities and implementation capacity.
Making the system coherent
The central challenge is connecting mandates, funding, projects and responsibilities so support can move from policy to households.
Matchmaker model
The connector is the operating model.
KrachtKring contributes by organizing coherence between projects, organizations, policy, funding and households behind the front door.
Identify bottlenecks
Use baseline evidence and partner experience to see where initiatives, data, trust or implementation pathways are stuck.
Connect actors
Bring municipalities, businesses, community organizations, energy cooperatives and researchers into a shared operating rhythm.
Translate to action
Turn policy, funding and technical possibilities into practical activities that can reach households behind the front door.
Monitor and adjust
Feed outputs, outcomes and partner reflection into the Impact Matrix so the blueprint improves before wider scaling.
Current focus
What the ecosystem is learning now.
A public-facing view of the themes, workshops and evidence questions shaping the launch.
Phase 1Baseline assessment
A reference point for energy poverty, trust, fragmentation and local capacity.
Operating modelMatchmaker role
Connecting projects, organizations, policy, funding and implementation capacity.
LearningKrachtLab sessions
Workshops turn partner experience into reusable practice.
MonitoringImpact Matrix
A shared way to connect activities, outputs, outcomes and system change.
Latest activities
Momentum across the region.
Workshops, pilot preparation and learning outputs show the programme is active, structured and locally grounded.
WorkshopUpcomingPilotCurrentResearchNew
Municipality workshop
Partner teams align local needs, resident journeys and evidence requirements.
Neighbourhood pilot preparation
Local partners prepare a neighbourhood pilot focused on comfort and trust.
Impact framework note
A working method note for linking interventions to SDGs and social outcomes.
Baseline and monitoring
A starting point for learning and scaling.
The baseline, indicators and monitoring model give partners a shared starting point for learning, coordination and scaling decisions.
Phase 1 focuses on baseline assessment, assumptions, KPI selection and blueprint design.
Google Impact Blueprint · January 2026Approximate share of households experiencing energy poverty in Het Hogeland and Eemsdelta.
Baseline assessment · January 2026The blueprint starts in Het Hogeland and Eemsdelta, where urgency is high.
Google Impact Blueprint · January 2026Impact monitoring and reflexive monitoring work together to support learning and accountability.
KrachtKring monitoring model · Phase 1 designFeatured projects
Activities become inputs for the blueprint.
Workshops, pilots and KrachtLab sessions are not isolated projects; they are learning inputs for the Impact Matrix and scaling decisions.
KrachtLab: Healthy Homes
Workshop series linking home comfort, resident wellbeing and intervention design.
Neighbourhood Retrofit Pilot
Targeted improvements for cold, damp homes in vulnerable residential blocks.
Community Energy Desk
Local advice desk connecting residents with support, events and partner services.
Partner ecosystem
Collaboration made visible.
KrachtKring makes the different contributions in the ecosystem visible, from local trust and housing knowledge to research, tools and public coordination.
Municipality partnersHousing partnersResearch partners
Municipality explorer
Compare local context before scaling.
The explorer connects the first municipalities, regional baseline work and the wider blueprint so partners can see where learning is emerging.
Explorer preview
From municipality signals to shared decisions.
Each municipality view links local context, project activity and monitoring status so partners can compare progress and learning across the region.
Impact Matrix
From activities to system learning.
The blueprint combines impact monitoring with reflexive monitoring, so outputs, outcomes and partner reflection can shape future project choices.
Inputs
People, resources, time, local trust and partner capacity enter the system.
Activities
Impact and reflexive monitoring translate learning into better project selection and coordination.
Outputs
Impact and reflexive monitoring translate learning into better project selection and coordination.
Outcomes
Impact and reflexive monitoring translate learning into better project selection and coordination.
System indicators
Impact and reflexive monitoring translate learning into better project selection and coordination.
Reflection
Impact and reflexive monitoring translate learning into better project selection and coordination.
Blueprint scaling
Impact and reflexive monitoring translate learning into better project selection and coordination.
Dashboard preview
The dashboard supports the Impact Matrix.
Explore baseline indicators, project records and learning signals that help the ecosystem adjust over time.
Reference starting point
Impact and reflexive learning
Attribution matters
KrachtKring can track its working method directly while treating system-level impact as shared ecosystem change.
Open Impact DashboardResearch and learning
The blueprint is a learning product.
Reports, baseline notes and reflexive monitoring outputs turn KrachtKring into a reusable approach, not only a collection of projects.
Phase 1 report
Google Impact Blueprint
A proposed standardized approach for combating energy poverty and scaling what works.
Reference frameworkBaseline Assessment
A starting point for understanding energy poverty, fragmentation, trust and implementation capacity.
Learning modelReflexive Monitoring
A continuous reflection process for adapting activities, partnerships and assumptions.
Join the ecosystem
Turn local energy interventions into measurable social impact.
KrachtKring is designed for municipalities, partner organisations, researchers and community groups working on energy poverty.
MunicipalityExplore how KrachtKring can support local energy-poverty action.Partner organisationContribute expertise, practical capacity, research or community reach.ResearcherHelp strengthen evidence, methodology and public learning.Community groupConnect local trust and lived experience to practical support.