¶ Public body performance comparison
This help page provides an explanation of the data published by SEAI each year for public bodies via its ‘Public body performance comparison' report, which complements each organisation's 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 methodologies is used for schools.
- In general, SEAI aims to publish annual energy statements and associated data 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.
- The ‘Public body performance comparison’ report is published for public bodies only. It is not published for schools.
- A comprehensive glossary provides brief explanations of all the key terms used.
¶ How to access the public body comparison report
- The annual energy statements and associated reports for all public bodies and schools are available from SEAI's website (here).
- The ‘Public body performance comparison’ report is available via a dedicated tab.
- To access a report for a specific public body, enter the organisation name in the 'organisation' search box.
- The public body performance comparison comprises comprises a header and a series of charts grouped into two sections.
- The first section compares the selected organisation's performance with that of other public bodies in the same sector. The second section compares the organisation's performance with that of all public bodies.
- The header includes the name of the organisation, the most recent year for which data is available and a short comment on the status of the data presented in the report.
- In all charts, negative values indicate progress towards the relevant target, and vice versa. Green indicates that a public body is on a general trajectory towards achieving the target. Red indicates that it is not yet on a trajectory that is consistent with meeting the target.
- The selected organisation is shown in a darker shade, i.e. a darker green or a darker red.
- The organisation name and performance indicator for each public body shown in each chart can be viewed by moving the cursor over the relevant bar in the chart.
This section provides a comparison of the selected organisation's performance with that of other public bodies in an SEAI-defined sector:
- The composition of each sector may change over time, as SEAI refines its sectoral classifications.
- Some sectors are more homogeneous than others in terms of both the scale and nature of energy consumption, and their associated CO2 emissions. Benchmarking and peer comparisons may be less meaningful in less homogeneous sectors.
- The chart presents the percentage change in each organisation's fossil CO2 since its greenhouse gas (GHG) baseline, ranked from left to right, with the best-performing public body in the sector on the left.
- The dashed line shows the selected organisation's 2030 fossil CO2 target, expressed as a percentage. Note that while most public bodies’ fossil CO2 targets are based on the same percentage (i.e. 51% reduction by 2030), a small number of new entrant public bodies have different target percentages.
- The boxed text on the right indicates how the selected organisation ranks among the organisations shown.
- Note that not all public bodies have fossil CO2 emissions, so the number of public bodies shown for the sector in this chart may differ to the number shown in the corresponding total CO2 and energy efficiency charts.
- The chart presents the percentage change in each organisation's total CO2 since its GHG baseline, ranked from left to right, with the best-performing public body in the sector on the left.
- Note that the percentage reduction required to achieve a public body’s total CO2 target is a function of the breakdown of its consumption between fossil fuels and electricity at its GHG baseline, so the percentage target is unique to each organisation. For this reason, the point at which each public body is deemed to be on track (green) or not-on-track (red) for the total CO2 target is also unique to each organisation.
- The boxed text on the right indicates how the selected organisation ranks among the organisations shown.
- The chart presents the percentage change in each organisation's energy performance indicator (EnPI) since its energy efficiency baseline, ranked from left to right, with the best-performing public body in the sector on the left.
- The dashed line shows the selected organisation's energy efficiency target, expressed as a percentage reduction in the organisation's EnPI. Note that while most public bodies’ energy efficiency targets are based on the same percentage (i.e. 50% improvement by 2030), a small number of new entrant public bodies have different target percentages.
- The boxed text on the right indicates how the selected organisation ranks among the organisations shown.
This section provides a comparison of the selected organisation's performance with that of all other public bodies.
- The chart presents the percentage change in each organisation's fossil CO2 since its greenhouse gas (GHG) baseline, ranked from left to right, with the best-performing public body on the left.
- The dashed line shows the selected organisation's 2030 fossil CO2 target, expressed as a percentage. Note that while most public bodies’ fossil CO2 targets are based on the same percentage (i.e. 51% reduction by 2030), a small number of new entrant public bodies have different target percentages.
- The boxed text on the right indicates how the selected organisation ranks among the organisations shown.
- Note that not all public bodies have fossil CO2 emissions, so the number of public bodies shown in this chart is differed to the number shown for the corresponding total CO2 and energy efficiency charts.
- The chart presents the percentage change in each organisation's total CO2 since its GHG baseline, ranked from left to right, with the best-performing public body on the left.
- Note that the percentage reduction required to achieve a public body’s total CO2 target is a function of the breakdown of its consumption between fossil fuels and electricity at its GHG baseline, so the percentage target is unique to each organisation. For this reason, the point at which each public body is deemed to be on track (green) or not-on-track (red) for the total CO2 target is also unique to each organisation.
- The boxed text on the right indicates how the selected organisation ranks among the organisations shown.
- The chart presents the percentage change in each organisation's energy performance indicator (EnPI) since its energy efficiency baseline, ranked from left to right, with the best-performing public body on the left.
- The dashed line shows the selected organisation's energy efficiency target, expressed as a percentage reduction in the organisation's EnPI. Note that while most public bodies’ energy efficiency targets are based on the same percentage (i.e. 50% improvement by 2030), a small number of new entrant public bodies have different target percentages.
- The boxed text on the right indicates how the selected organisation ranks among the organisations shown.