This help page describes the M&R software screen called ‘Energy projects’. Schools use this screen to report details of energy-saving projects that it has implemented or plans to implement.
- If you have previously reported energy-saving projects, a table of projects is shown.
- There is a mandatory check box ‘Please tick here if you have no more energy-saving projects to report’.
- This screen is visible to all users.
- If you have no more energy-saving projects to report, tick the box ‘Please tick here if you have no more energy-saving projects to report’ and click ‘Save & continue’.
- Use the ‘Add a project' button to add a new energy-saving project.
- If there is a table shown, you can review the projects that you have already reported. You can filter the table between implemented and future projects using the buttons above the table.
- Use the buttons on the right of the table to view, edit or delete a project.
- To add a project, click the green ‘Add a project’ button and complete the dialogue, noting that there are two tabs and that the fields with asterisks are mandatory.
- ‘Name’: this must be unique, i.e. you cannot use the same name for multiple projects.
- ‘Location’: building, room or other location at which project was (or will be) implemented.
- 'Status': see dedicated guidance below. Note that several subsequent fields become mandatory or optional depending on your choice of project status.
- ‘Type’ and 'Sub-type': choose from the drop-down menus. Note that the options in the ‘Sub-type’ menu are dependent on your choice for the ‘Type’ menu.
- ‘Implementation year’: the year in which the project was (or will be) completed.
- 'Duration of savings': number of years after the implementation year for which the energy savings arising from the project will last.
- ‘Tags’: you can add your own user-defined tags to projects.
- 'Triple E': the Triple E Register is a list of products approved by SEAI as being energy efficient.
- ‘Verification methodology’: choose the option that best describes how the savings were (will be) verified. Measurement and verification is the process of using measurement to reliably determine the energy savings achieved from a project.
- ‘Cost’: total cost of the project, in euro.
- ‘Can SEAI use as a case study’: if you tick this box, SEAI may choose to showcase your project via a case study, and may contact you for additional details.
- ‘Scale’: select the option that is most relevant. You can only complete this field for future projects.
- 'Readiness': choose the project readiness status that best matches the status of the project. You can only complete this field for future projects.
- ‘Other info’: optionally provide other information about the project.
- 'Energy savings': you must report energy savings for all projects, except those with a status of ‘potential opportunity’. See dedicated guidance below.
- There are four options for project status. The option you select for project status affects whether certain fields are mandatory. It also affects how the data you report is used in calculations and published by SEAI.
- ‘Implemented’: the project has already been implemented. You must report an implementation year and energy savings. SEAI may publish details of this project.
- ‘Planned’: the project is planned for implementation in a specific future year. You must report an implementation year and energy savings. This project will be included in the with-planned-projects (WPP) scenario calculated for your school. SEAI may publish details of this project.
- ‘Tentative’: the project may be implemented in a specific future year. You must report an implementation year and energy savings. This project will not be included in the WPP scenario calculated for your school. SEAI will not publish details of this project.
- ‘Potential opportunity’: the project may be implemented at some future time. You do not have to report an implementation year or energy savings. This project will not be included in the WPP scenario calculated for your school. SEAI will not publish details of this project.
- You must report energy savings for all projects, except those with a status of ‘potential opportunity’.
- You must report the annual reduction in consumption of different energy types arising from the project.
- All reductions/savings should be expressed in kilowatt-hours (kWh) of final energy consumption per annum.
- Select the first energy type from the drop-down and enter the annual reduction in consumption in kWh.
- Add as many other other energy types as appropriate, using the green button and repeat the above step.
- If the project gives rise to increased consumption of an energy type, enter a negative value.
- Find the project in the table and click on the view button (eye) in the right-hand column.
- Review the data in the dialogue, noting that there are two tabs.
- Click ‘Cancel’.
- Find the project in the table and click on the edit button in the right-hand column.
- Edit the data in the dialogue, noting that there are two tabs and that the fields with asterisks are mandatory.
- Click ‘Save’.
- Find the project in the table and click on the delete button in the right-hand column.
- Click ‘Delete’ or ‘Cancel’.
- You must report an implementation year and energy savings for all projects except those classified as potential savings.
- You must tick the box ‘Please tick here if you have no more energy-saving projects to report’ to complete this reporting task.