Public Sector Energy Efficiency Strategy
From Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
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From Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
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In 2009 the government set a national target to improve energy efficiency by 20% by 2020. It has set the public sector the more challenging target of improving its own energy efficiency by 33%.
Since 2009 the public sector has improved this by 27%. To ensure that the public sector fully realises its targets, the government has approved and begun the implementation of a Public Sector Energy Efficiency Strategy.
The Strategy fulfills the commitments made in Ireland's third National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP 3), the White Paper: Ireland's Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015-30 and the Programme for a partnership Government 2016 to develop and publish a public sector Strategy.
The Strategy's objectives are as follows:
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) are responsible for reporting on the progress of the public sector. Here is the latest Annual Report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance.