Kaišiadorys’s housing stock is dominated by Soviet-era apartment blocks with outdated single-pipe heating systems, degraded facades and little automated heating control. Renovation has been slow to take hold, held back less by a lack of funding than by the personal contributions required, administrative complexity and limited access to qualified contractors and energy experts in a smaller municipality.

Developed as part of the ComActivate project, this Neighbourhood Energy Sufficiency Roadmap (NESR) sets out a locally tailored plan for the pilot area in central Kaišiadorys. It combines a technical survey of the district heating-dependent building stock with an assessment of the social and economic barriers residents face, and turns both into a concrete vision across four thematic areas: energy and climate, social affordability, urban development and community engagement.

A resident well-being survey carried out for the roadmap looked at how people use shared indoor and outdoor spaces and what stops them using these more, from maintenance and seating shortages to a lack of social contact in the neighbourhood. The findings directly shaped the roadmap’s priorities for the pilot area.

The roadmap also sets out how the local Resource Centre (or one-stop shop) can act as a trusted point of contact for residents navigating renovation, and lays out a communication framework designed to reach households who are otherwise hardest for renovation programmes to engage, including older residents and those facing energy poverty.

Download the roadmap to explore the full technical findings, survey results and recommendations for Kaišiadorys.