This help page describes the M&R data input screen for schools called ‘Choose energy types’. Use this screen to select the energy types that your school uses or has used.
- The list on the left shows the ‘Energy types used by your school’. This/these are the energy types that you have previously identified as being in use by your school. It may include energy type(s) that were previously used, but are no longer in use.
- The list on the right shows the ‘Other energy types’ that are available for selection.
- Both lists are of energy types are bundled into groups of similar types.
- If you are using the same energy type(s) since you last reported, all you need to do is check that your data is correct and click ‘Save & continue’.
- Select an energy type from the list on the right-hand side by clicking the box adjacent to the energy type. Once an energy type has been selected, it remains selected for future years.
- You can add new energy types at any time, to account for new energy supplies that your school started using recently.
- Deselect an energy type from the list on the left-hand side by clicking on a red 'x' symbol.
- A description of all the energy types is available here.
- If you want SEAI to access electricity consumption data for your electricity connections directly from the electricity network meter operator (ESB Networks), select ‘MPRN electricity’. An MPRN or meter point reference number is a unique 11-digit number assigned to your electricity connection.
- If you (also) want to manually enter consumption data for electricity consumption, select one or more of the other energy types under ‘Electricity’.
- If you want SEAI to access natural gas consumption data for your natural gas connections directly from the gas network meter operator (Gas Networks Ireland), select ‘GPRN natural gas’. A GPRN or gas point registration number is a unique reference number assigned to your natural gas connection, if you have one.
- If you (also) want to manually enter consumption data for natural gas consumption, select ‘Non-GPRN natural gas’.
- At least one energy type must be selected.
- You must include all energy type(s) that your school has used since the start of your energy efficiency baseline, including those that are no longer in use, e.g. if your school used kerosene between 2016-2021, but stopped using it in 2021, kerosene should be selected.
- Only deselect an energy type if your school never used that energy type. If your school previously used an energy type that has been phased out, it should remain as a selected energy type.
- This screen is visible to all users.
- If ‘MPRN electricity’ is selected, you must answer additional questions about your electricity meter(s) on the your electricity meters screen.
- If ‘GPRN natural gas’ is selected, you must answer additional questions about your gas meters on the your natural gas meters screen.
- For all other energy types selected, you must report an annual consumption value on the energy use screen.
- M&R rules & calculations