The study aims, on the one hand, to present the expected impacts of introducing the regulation on the heating and fuel costs of various household groups and, on the other, to examine options for alleviating the burden on households—whether in the short ...

During the research, we examined the additional costs that more frequent and more intense rainfall events, expected as a result of climate change, may impose on Budapest’s water utility system, with particular focus on the Budapest Central Wastewater ...

The research examined transport policy interventions that can simultaneously advance environmental and social sustainability objectives. It analysed the causes and spatial patterns of transport deprivation in Hungary and reviewed good practices and ...

The aim of the research was to identify energy-saving and decarbonisation opportunities for Hungarian metal-processing SMEs and to assess how these measures could influence the sector’s competitiveness and energy use. Building on energy audits conducted ...

The goal of the project was to support the Commission in the assessment of the Member States’ biennial energy and climate progress reports under the Governance Regulation and in the preparation of the Commission’s progress assessment report in the ...

This study, conducted under the Horizon Europe Restore4Life project, evaluates the economic and ecological feasibility of operating natural floodplain spawning grounds for fishery management along the Middle Tisza River, focusing on the Fokorúpuszta ...

Carbon pricing options were discussed, such as market ETS, fixed-price ETS, carbon tax and integration to the EU-ETS. Based on that, five policy scenarios were economically modelled and compared in dimensions of effectiveness, cost-efficiency ...

In this analysis we evaluate the effect of removing the Russian long-term contracted gas volumes from the Austrian market. The study investigated (i) the effects of OMV gas contract stop from 2025 January, (ii) a potential full Ukrainian transit stop ...

The project investigated how food SMEs can reduce their energy consumption and replace part of the energy used with renewable energy. Based on a preliminary analysis of the food industry, the two most important sub-sectors in terms of energy use by SMEs ...

EU Member States are required to update their National Energy and Climate Plans by 30 June 2024. They have to prepare the final updated NECPs by 30 June 2024. The aim of this work is to perform the necessary background calculations for the energy sector ...