The M&R software will include detailed reports that enable schools to better understand and interpret energy and related data.
The following reports are available to M&R users. You must be logged in to the M&R system to see these reports.
These reports are viewable from the ‘Review performance’ screen, which can be accessed from the side menu in the M&R system. Additional reports will be added to the system throughout 2024.
SEAI also publishes an annual energy statement at the end of each year for every school. This statement (report) is the same as the energy & GHG targets - key indicators report that is available to M&R users, except it is only updated once a year, around the same time that SEAI also publishes its annual report on energy performance in the public sector. The latest annual energy statements are available for all schools from SEAI's website (here).
- You can access the help page corresponding to each report by clicking the ‘?’ symbol at the top right of the screen.
- The 'display unit' dropdown enables you to select the units used to display energy (kWh, MWh or GWh) and CO2 emissions (kgCO2, tCO2 or ktCO2) data within the report. Your selection applies to all tables and charts within the same report.
- Several reports allow you to specify the period shown by entering years the first and last year in the ‘period' boxes next to the display unit.
- All reports contain a report ‘header’, which includes your school and which references the most recent year for which data is shown in the report. The header also indicates the status of your data for that year (see below).
- Some reports are subdivided into tabs, each of which contains one or more elements.
- Some tables are expandable/collapsible by clicking on the small + or - symbol on the left-hand side.
- Additional information and explanations appear if you hover your cursor over some text and results.
- Data point values appear on some charts if you hover your cursor over chart elements.
- Every report footer includes an 'M&R report reference' number, e.g. 'M&R report PSO-R24'. Please include this reference if you are contacting the helpdesk with a query relating to a specific report.
- Most reports can be downloaded (exported) as either PDF or Excel files using the green buttons at the top of the screen. Every report download includes all the data across all the tabs for all years in the relevant report.
- All reports are visible to all M&R users within your school.
- All reports are read-only. No M&R user can edit any data by interacting with a report.
The following is an explanation of the different data statuses (listed alphabetically) that can be displayed at the top of a report for a specific data year:
- ‘Final (data may be further refined in future years)’: the deadline for reporting data has passed, and sufficient data was reported to enable the system to calculate key results for your school. The data is final for the year and will form the basis for results published by SEAI for your school. The data for the year may be refined in future years.
- ‘Final, but some results lie beyond expected range & are subject to verification’: the deadline for reporting data has passed, and sufficient data was reported to enable the system to calculate key results for for your school. However, some of the results lie beyond expected range of credible results. The data is final for the year and will form the basis for results published by SEAI for for your school. When publishing the results for the organisation, SEAI will indicate that some of the results are subject to further verification.
- ‘Insufficient data provided for a complete report’: the deadline for reporting data has passed, but for your school did not submit sufficient data for a complete report. As result, the system could not calculate performance results for for your school. Any data shown in the report is incomplete.
- ‘No data reported’: your school did not report any data to SEAI for the year.
- ‘Organisation not expected to report for 20XX’: your school was not expected to report data to SEAI for the year, so no data is available. This may be because the school only came into existence during the year.
- ‘Provisional’: your school has begun reporting data to SEAI for the relevant year. The data shown in the report may or may not be complete, and may be subject to change.
- ‘Provisional - data verification ongoing’: the deadline for reporting data has passed and SEAI is currently reviewing the data. The data shown in the report may or may not be complete, and may be subject to change.
- ‘Reporting underway - additional inputs required to complete report’: your school has begun reporting data to SEAI for the relevant year, but additional data inputs are required before SEAI can calculate performance results for your school for the year. As a result, any data shown in the report is very likely to be incomplete.
- ‘Reporting underway - awaiting data from meter operator(s)’: your school has begun reporting data to SEAI for the relevant year, but SEAI has not yet received electricity and/or natural gas consumption data from the meter operator(s) for the relevant year. As a result, any data shown in the report is very likely to be incomplete.