This help page describes the data report for schools called ‘Energy & GHG targets - key indicators'. This report shows key performance indicators for your school's progress towards the energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets. It also shows how your emissions and energy efficiency have changed over time. Note that this report is also published by SEAI as your school's annual energy statement after the completion of each M&R reporting cycle.
- This report comprises a header followed by three main sections, one below another.
- You can use the controls in the header to specify which year's results are shown, and to choose the display unit.
- The first section below the header (top section) shows three tiles across the screen. They display key indicators with respect to your school's progress towards the two 2030 CO2 targets and the 2030 energy efficiency target.
- 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 your school's energy consumption and emissions have changed since the previous year.
- This tile presents your school's fossil CO2 emissions and fossil CO2 target, and provides commentary on your progress to date. Fossil CO2 refers to CO2 emissions arising from your school's consumption of fossil fuels, including for heating (thermal) and transport.
- The first sentence indicates how your fossil CO2 has changed since your GHG baseline.
- The '202X' figure shows your 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 your 2030 fossil CO2 target. This is the maximum level of fossil CO2 emissions below which your school 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.
- This tile presents your school's total CO2 emissions and fossil CO2 target, and provides commentary on your progress to date. Total CO2 refers to CO2 emissions arising from your school's consumption of fossil fuels and electricity.
- The first sentence indicates how your total CO2 has changed since your GHG baseline.
- The '202X' figure shows your 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 your 2030 total CO2 target. This is the maximum level of total CO2 emissions below which your school 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.
- This tile shows how your school's energy performance, as tracked using an energy performance indicator (EnPI), has changed over time. An EnPI is a way of measuring your school’s energy performance. It is calculated by dividing your school's total energy consumption by its pupil numbers. A decreasing EnPI is an indicator of improving energy efficiency. And vice versa.
- The first sentence indicates how your energy efficiency has changed since your energy efficiency baseline.
- The chart shows your school's EnPI (light purple) and a dashed trajectory from your energy efficiency baseline to the 2030 energy efficiency target. For any given year, if the EnPI is below the dashed trajectory line, your school 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.
- This chart shows your school's fossil CO2 emissions over time and its progress towards the 2030 fossil CO2 target. Fossil CO2 refers to CO2 emissions arising from your school'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 your energy efficiency baseline period. For almost all schools, 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 your 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 your schoolmust 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), your school 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 your school's total CO2 emissions over time and its progress towards the 2030 total CO2 target. Total CO2 refers to CO2 emissions arising from your school'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 your energy efficiency baseline period. Note that for almost all schools, 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 your 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 your school 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), your school 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 your school's energy performance, as tracked using an energy performance indicator (EnPI), has changed over time. An EnPI is a way of measuring your school’s energy performance. It is calculated by dividing your school's total energy consumption by its pupil numbers. 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 your 2030 energy efficiency target is calculated. Note that for almost all schools, 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), your school 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.
- This tile presents your school'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 your school. 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 your school'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 your school. 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 your school'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 school. 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 your school'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 your school. 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.
- The data reports page includes additional information on features that are common to many of the data reports, including this one.
- The SEAI reference for this data report is PSO-R03. Please include this reference if you are contacting the helpdesk with a query relating to this report.