Published on Monday25thJanuary2016
White launches SEAI 2015 Annual report
(l - r) William Walsh, interim CEO of SEAI, Minister White, David Franks, CEO of Iarnrod Eireann
Energy Minister Alex White today launched The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Annual Report 2015 on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance.
The report shows that energy efficiency measures in public bodies reduced energy spend by €120 million.
Iarnrod Eireann has completed substantial rolling stock and facilities upgrades making it 36 percent more efficient and reducing costs by €22 million euro.
This puts the public sector about halfway towards its 33 percent energy efficiency target for 2020, against a backdrop of increasing demand for public services as the economy recovers. The report includes annual returns from 281 public bodies with an energy spend of 600 million euro which represents 87percent of total public sector energy spend. Overall the report shows strong progress with four out of five bodies more energy efficient and over half already on track to reach their energy savings target by 2020.
You can read the report in full here.