This help page provides guidance on completing section 4.5 'Existing buildings" of your organisation's Statement on compliance with the 2024 Climate Action Mandate.
§4.5 Existing buildings
In relation to existing buildings:
4.5.1 Public sector bodies and sectoral groups with a large estate should commence a deep retrofit of at least one building in 2024 in pursuit of the 2030 51% emissions reduction target. The planning of deep-retrofit building measures will be undertaken at sectoral level for homogenous sectors, e.g., in relation to the Civil Service, the OPW will plan the deep retrofit of Government Departments’ building stock.
4.5.2 Public sector bodies and sectoral groups with a large estate should develop a portfolio building stock plan (including determining the buildings necessary for their activities), in line with guidance published by SEAI, by end 2024 to mobilise large scale programmes towards meeting the Climate Action Plan targets.
4.5.3 As part of the building stock plan, large public sector bodies and sectoral groups with a large estate should undertake data gathering and consider the long term (to 2050) retrofit key performance indicators to upgrade their building stock to Nearly Zero Energy Buildings or Zero Emission Buildings as outlined in the EPBD proposal and recast Energy Efficiency Directive.
4.5.4 Small public sector bodies should include a basic building stock analysis or statement as part of their Climate Action Roadmap, in line with the guidance published by SEAI.
This question applies to public bodies which use greater than 50GWh of energy per annum.
Provide an overview of deep retrofit activity undertaken in 2024.
Please provide explanation. This could include discussion of other areas or types of retrofit being undertaken
Indicate why this requirement does not apply to your organisation.
Building stock plan guidance was issued in 2023, along with a template appropriate for different sizes of organisation. Building stock plans were due in early 2024.
Please confirm that your organisation has completed and submitted a building stock, or (for small public sector bodies) you have included a building stock analysis in your Climate Action Roadmap.
Provide explanation