This help page provides an explanation of the data published by SEAI each year for public bodies and schools via an annual energy statement.
- SEAI is responsible for tracking the public sector's progress towards a range of energy and climate targets.
- To facilitate this, every public body and school is obliged to report energy management and performance data to SEAI on an annual basis (Regulation 5(3) in SI 426 of 2014). They do this by submitting data via SEAI's Public Sector Monitoring & Reporting (M&R) system.
- The M&R system calculates each public body's progress towards the targets in accordance with an established set of methodologies. A similar, simplified set of methodology is used for schools.
- Every public body is also required to publish an annual energy statement in a format specified by SEAI (Regulation 5(5) in SI 426 of 2014). To facilitate this, the M&R system generates an annual energy statement for every public body and school based on the data reported by them to SEAI each year.
- These annual energy statements are published by SEAI.
- In general, SEAI aims to publish these statements towards the end of the year after the year for which the data was reported. This gives public bodies and schools sufficient time to gather their energy consumption data for a year and to report it to SEAI, and for SEAI to review and verify the data in accordance with its criteria for data quality.
- This help page provides a comprehensive description of all elements in the annual energy statement.
- A comprehensive glossary provides brief explanations of all the key terms used.
- The annual energy statements for all public bodies and schools are available from SEAI's website (here).
- To access a statement for a specific public body or school, enter the organisation name in the 'organisation' search box.
- Use the ‘display unit’ control to select the units used to display energy (kWh, MWh or GWh) and CO2 emissions (kgCO2, tCO2 or ktCO2).
The annual energy statement comprises four elements:
- A header includes the name of the public body, the most recent year for which data is available and a short comment on the status of the data presented in the statement.
- The first section below the header (top section) shows three tiles across the screen, each of which displays key indicators with respect to the organisation's progress towards the three main 2030 targets.
- The middle section shows three charts, one below another, each of which provides more detailed data with respect to these targets.
- The bottom section shows how the organisation's thermal, transport, electricity and total energy consumption and emissions have changed since the previous year.
The top section of the statement shows three tiles across the screen. They display key indicators with respect to the organisation's progress towards the 2030 targets.
- This tile presents the organisation's fossil CO2 emissions and fossil CO2 target, and provides commentary on its progress to date. Fossil CO2 refers to CO2 emissions arising from the organisation's consumption of fossil fuels, including for heating (thermal) and transport.
- The first sentence indicates how the fossil CO2 has changed since the organisation's GHG baseline.
- The '202X' figure shows the fossil CO2 for the relevant year. Green indicates that fossil CO2 is on a general trajectory towards achieving the target. Red indicates that fossil CO2 is not yet on a trajectory that is consistent with meeting the target.
- The '2030 target' figure shows the organisation's 2030 fossil CO2 target. This is the maximum level of fossil CO2 emissions below which the organisation must operate in 2030, i.e., to achieve the target, fossil CO2 in 2030 must be less than or equal to this amount.
- The final sentence indicates if additional reductions are required to achieve the target.
For an explanation of the fossil CO2 target, see 2030 greenhouse gas targets (public bodies) and M&R rules & calculations (schools).
- This tile presents the organisation's total CO2 emissions and fossil CO2 target, and provides commentary on its progress to date. Total CO2 refers to CO2 emissions arising from the organisation's consumption of fossil fuels and electricity.
- The first sentence indicates how the total CO2 has changed since the organisation's GHG baseline.
- The '202X' figure shows the total CO2 for the relevant year. Green indicates that total CO2 is on a general trajectory towards achieving the target. Red indicates that total CO2 is not yet on a trajectory that is consistent with meeting the target.
- The '2030 target' figure shows the organisation's 2030 total CO2 target. This is the maximum level of total CO2 emissions below which the organisation must operate in 2030, i.e., to achieve the target, total CO2 in 2030 must be less than or equal to this amount.
- The final sentence indicates if additional reductions are required to achieve the target.
For an explanation of the total CO2 target, see 2030 greenhouse gas targets (public bodies) and M&R rules & calculations (schools).
- This tile shows how the organisation's energy performance, as tracked using an organisation-level energy performance indicator (EnPI), has changed over time. An EnPI is a way of measuring an organisation’s energy performance. It is calculated by dividing the organisation's total energy consumption by an activity metric. A decreasing EnPI is an indicator of improving energy efficiency. And vice versa.
- The first sentence indicates how the organisation's energy efficiency has changed since its energy efficiency baseline.
- The chart shows the organisation's EnPI (light purple) and a dashed trajectory from its energy efficiency baseline to the 2030 energy efficiency target. For any given year, if the EnPI is below the dashed trajectory line, the organisation is broadly on track to achieve its energy efficiency target. And vice versa.
- The label on the chart shows the improvement or deterioration in efficiency as calculated for the most recent year. Green indicates that energy performance is on a general trajectory towards achieving the target. Red indicates that performance is not yet on a trajectory that is consistent with meeting the target.
- The final sentence indicates if additional improvements in energy efficiency are required to achieve the target.
- Note that the chart on this tile only displays the organisation's energy performance from 2009 onwards. Some organisations use earlier energy efficiency baselines. In these circumstances, the period prior to 2009 is not shown in this small chart. The full time series is shown in a full-width chart further down the page.
For an explanation of the energy efficiency target, see 2030 energy efficiency target (public bodies) and M&R rules & calculations (schools).
The middle section of the statement shows three charts, one below another, each of which provides detailed data with respect to organisation's progress towards the 2030 targets.
- This chart shows the organisation's fossil CO2 emissions over time and its progress towards the 2030 fossil CO2 target. Fossil CO2 refers to CO2 emissions arising from the organisation's consumption of fossil fuels, including for heating (thermal) and transport.
- The fossil emissions are broken down between thermal (brown) and transport (orange) and are shown for every year since the start of the organisation's energy efficiency baseline period. For almost all organisations, the energy efficiency baseline period is several years before the GHG baseline period.
- The baseline fossil CO2 emissions are indicated with a solid horizontal navy line that spans the GHG baseline period. This is the baseline level from which the 2030 fossil CO2 target is calculated.
- The 2030 fossil CO2 target is shown on the right-hand side of the chart, and also by a dashed horizontal line across the chart. This is the maximum level of fossil CO2 emissions below which the organisation must operate in 2030, i.e., to achieve the target, fossil CO2 in 2030 must be less than or equal to this amount.
- The dashed navy line from the GHG baseline to the 2030 target is a trajectory to the target based on a constant reduction in fossil CO2 from baseline to the target.
- If the chart shows that fossil CO2 is below the sloped trajectory line (dashed navy), the organisation is broadly on track to achieve its fossil CO2 target. And vice versa.
- The gap to the 2030 fossil CO2 target is indicated immediately to the right of the chart. Positive values indicate a gap to the target. To achieve the target, fossil CO2 must reduce by this amount by 2030.
- This chart shows the organisation's total CO2 emissions over time and its progress towards the 2030 total CO2 target. Total CO2 refers to CO2 emissions arising from the organisation's consumption of fossil fuels and electricity.
- The total emissions are broken down between thermal (brown), transport (orange) and electricity (blue) and are shown for every year since the start of the organisation's energy efficiency baseline period. Note that for almost all organisations, the energy efficiency baseline period is several years before the GHG baseline period.
- The baseline total CO2 emissions are indicated with a solid horizontal navy line that spans the GHG baseline period. This is the baseline level from which the 2030 total CO2 target is calculated.
- The 2030 total CO2 target is shown on the right-hand side of the chart, and also by a dashed horizontal line across the chart. This is the maximum level of total CO2 emissions below which the organisation must operate in 2030, i.e., to achieve the target, total CO2 in 2030 must be less than or equal to this amount.
- The dashed navy line from the GHG baseline to the 2030 target is a trajectory to the target that accounts for anticipated changes to the CO2 intensity of Ireland's electricity grid.
- If the chart shows that total CO2 is below the sloped trajectory line (dashed navy), the organisation is broadly on track to achieve its total CO2 target. And vice versa.
- The gap to the 2030 total CO2 target is indicated immediately to the right of the chart. Positive values indicate a gap to the target. To achieve the target, total CO2 must reduce by this amount by 2030.
- This chart shows how the organisation's energy performance, as tracked using an organisation-level energy performance indicator (EnPI), has changed over time. An EnPI is a way of measuring the organisation’s energy performance. It is calculated by dividing its total energy consumption by an activity metric. A decreasing EnPI is an indicator of improving energy efficiency. And vice versa.
- The EnPI (light purple) is expressed on a normalised basis, where the value at the energy efficiency baseline period is set to 100 and values for subsequent years are expressed relative to 100.
- The baseline value (100) is indicated for the energy efficiency baseline period. This is the baseline level from which the 2030 energy efficiency target is calculated. Note that for almost all organisations, the energy efficiency baseline period is several years before the GHG baseline period.
- The 2030 energy efficiency target is shown on the right-hand side of the chart, and also by a dashed horizontal line across the chart. To achieve the target, the EnPI must be less than or equal to this value by 2030.
- The dashed navy line from the energy efficiency baseline to the 2030 target is a trajectory to the target based on a constant improvement in energy efficiency from baseline to the target.
- If the chart shows that the EnPI is below the sloped trajectory line (dashed navy), the organisation is broadly on track to achieve its energy efficiency target. And vice versa.
- The gap to the 2030 energy efficiency target is indicated immediately to the right of the chart. Positive values indicate a gap to the target. To achieve the target, the EnPI must reduce by this amount by 2030.
The bottom section shows how the organisation's thermal, transport, electricity and total energy consumption and emissions have changed since the previous year.
- This tile presents the organisation's thermal energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions for the reporting year and the previous year. Thermal energy refers to fossil and renewable fuels (liquids, gases & solids) that are used for heating and other non-transport purposes.
- The final energy shown is the fuel used directly by the organisation. It excludes energy lost during transformation processes such as oil refining.
- The primary energy shown accounts for energy that is consumed and/or lost in transformation, including oil refining.
- The CO2 emissions shown are those arising from the consumption of thermal energy.
- The data presented in this tile does not include consumption or CO2 relating to any electricity used for thermal applications (heat). Such consumption and CO2 is included in the electricity tile.
- This tile presents the organisation's transport energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions for the reporting year and the previous year. Transport energy refers to fossil and renewable fuels (liquids, gases & solids) that are used in vehicles of all types.
- The final energy shown is the transport fuel used directly by the organisation. It excludes energy lost during transformation processes such as oil refining.
- The primary energy shown accounts for energy that is consumed and/or lost in transformation, including oil refining.
- The CO2 emissions shown are those arising from the consumption of transport energy.
- The data presented in this tile does not include consumption or CO2 relating to any electricity used for transport. Such consumption and CO2 is included in the electricity tile.
- This tile presents the organisation's electricity consumption and associated CO2 emissions for the reporting year and the previous year. It includes electricity generated from fossil and renewable sources.
- The final energy shown is the electricity used directly by the organisation. It excludes energy lost during transformation processes such as electricity generation.
- The primary energy shown accounts for energy that is consumed and/or lost in transformation, including electricity generation.
- The CO2 emissions shown are those arising from the consumption of electricity.
- The data presented in this tile includes consumption and CO2 relating to electricity used for thermal (heat) and transport.
- This tile presents the organisation's total consumption and associated CO2 emissions for the reporting year and the previous year. It includes thermal energy, transport fuels & electricity, from fossil and renewable sources.
- The final energy shown is the energy used directly by the organisation. It excludes energy lost during transformation processes such as oil refining and electricity generation.
- The primary energy shown accounts for energy that is consumed and/or lost in transformation, including oil refining and electricity generation.
- The CO2 emissions shown are those arising from the consumption of fossil fuels (thermal and transport) and electricity.