An energy project is a project that your organisation has already implemented or may implement in the future to reduce and/or decarbonise your energy consumption.
This help page describes M&R methodology for energy projects. For step-by-step guidance on how to report data into the software system see the help page for the energy projects data input screen.
There are two high-level categories of projects that should be reported via M&R:
Future projects can be further categorised into three different project statuses, which broadly reflect the degree of confidence that your organisation has that the project will proceed.
The table below summarises the implications of reporting an energy project with each of the different project statuses.
| Implications | Implemented project | Planned project | Tentative project | Potential opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Included in with-planned-projects (WPP) scenario |
No | Yes | No | No |
| SEAI publishes specific project details | Yes | Yes | No | No |
The table below summarises the data reporting requirements for a project with each of the different project statuses. (There is also a detailed tabular breakdown of the mandatory and optional data reporting requirements for projects of different status.)
| Data reporting requirements | Implemented project | Planned project | Tentative project | Potential opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name & location | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Type, sub-type & other classifications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Energy savings by energy type | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Optional |
| Project implementation year | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Optional |
| Duration of energy savings | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Optional |
| Project cost | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
You must report report energy savings for all projects, except those with a status of ‘potential opportunity’.
You must report the annual reduction in consumption arising from the project for all relevant energy types. For example:
All savings should be expressed in kWh of final energy consumption per annum.
Some energy projects result in decreases in the consumption of one energy type and increases in another. For these projects, you should report the increase in consumption as a negative saving. For example:
When calculating energy and emissions savings from projects, it is assumed that the full annual energy saving reported by you is achieved from the implementation year onwards.
The M&R system uses the data reported for your organisation's planned projects to model a future with-planned-projects (WPP) scenario for your organisation's future energy consumption and CO2 emissions out to 2030. The WPP scenario is calculated as follows:
The impact of the WPP scenario on your organisation's gap to the energy efficiency target and the two emissions targets is published in your organisation's Annual Energy Statement.
The BAU and WPP scenarios are shown in the 'future scenarios' tabs in data reports energy targets - detailed data and GHG targets - detailed data, and in the Energy & GHG targets - key indicators and Energy & GHG targets - underlying trends reports.
SEAI publishes a searchable list of all planned and implemented projects on its website (see energy projects). The following details are published for each project:
No details are published for projects with status tentative or potential opportunity.
As part of the transition to the new M&R software system, SEAI updated and expanded the data reporting requirements for energy-saving projects. The main change is your organisations must now quantify the impact of each project in terms of changes to its annual energy consumption, broken down by energy type. The reason for this is to enable the system to calculate the impact of such projects on the organisation's greenhouse gas emissions.
Arising from this change, some projects that were previously reported via the old M&R software system were not migrated to the new system. Some other projects were migrated to the new system, but it was not possible to migrate energy savings data. This is because there was insufficient data reported for the project in the old system to create a complete record for the project in the new system.
You can request the M&R helpdesk to issue you with a spreadsheet containing all the data that was previously reported for energy projects for your organisation via the old M&R system, i.e. up until end 2023. The spreadsheet provides a breakdown of the data that was and was not migrated to the new M&R system for your organisation.