Education and Training Boards
Education and Training Boards are currently at 33% energy efficiency improvement against a target of 33%. Learn more about their energy consumption and energy saving projects.
By 2020, ETBs had saved 33%, or 95 GWh, since their baselines, exceeding the 2020 target by <1 GWh. The savings made are equivalent to 17,000 tonnes CO2 or €6M.
Energy consumption 2020
2020 | |
Education and Training Boards | 2 |
Other Public Sector | 98 |
Source: SEAI
Sector | Total Primary GWh | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Education and Training Boards | 194 | 2% |
Other Public Sector | 8,966 | 98% |
Energy breakdown 2020
2020 | |
Grid electricity | 52 |
Fossil fuels | 48 |
Renewable energy | 1 |
Source: SEAI
Energy breakdown | Total Primary GWh | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Grid electricity | 100 | 52% |
Fossil Fuels | 93 | 48% |
Renewable energy | 1 | 1% |
Fuel mix 2020
2020 | |
Electricity | 52 |
Transport | 0 |
Natural gas | 30 |
LPG and biogas | 3 |
Heating oils | 15 |
Other renewable fuels | 1 |
Source: SEAI
Fuel type | Total Primary GWh | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Electricity | 100 | 52% |
Transport | 0 | 0% |
Natural gas | 57 | 30% |
LPG and biogas | 5 | 3% |
Heating oils | 30 | 15% |
Other renewable fuels | 1 | 1% |
Energy end use 2020
2020 | |
Education buildings | 78 |
Other buildings | 2 |
Other electricity (unknown use) | 1 |
Other thermal (unknown use) | 19 |
Transport | 0 |
Source: SEAI
End use | Total Primary GWh | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Education buildings | 152 | 78% |
Other buildings | 3 | 2% |
Other electricity (unknown use) | 2 | 1% |
Other thermal (unknown use) | 36 | 19 |
Transport | 0 | 0% |
Energy saving projects 2020
2020 | |
Lighting | 16 |
Buildings (excl. Lighting) | 22 |
Energy management | 9 |
Procurement and energy supply | 3 |
Schools | 40 |
Combination / Other | 11 |
Source: SEAI
Energy Saving Projects | No. of projects | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Lighting | 44 | 16% |
Buildings (excl. Lighting) | 60 | 22% |
Energy management | 24 | 9% |
Procurement and energy supply | 7 | 3% |
Schools | 110 | 40% |
Combination / other | 31 | 11% |
Savings and gap to 2020 target
Year | Savings |
---|---|
2009 | 0 |
2010 | 2 |
2011 | 11 |
2012 | 13 |
2013 | 11 |
2014 | 12 |
2015 | 20 |
2016 | 11 |
2017 | 31 |
2018 | 50 |
2019 | 64 |
2020 | 95 |
Source: SEAI
By 2020, ETBs had saved 33%, or 95 GWh, since their baselines, exceeding the 2020 target by <1 GWh. The savings made are equivalent to 17,000 tonnes CO2 or €6M.
Savings | 2020 | Cumulative since baseline |
---|---|---|
GWh | 95 | 316 |
% | 33% | |
tCO2 | 17,000 | 62,000 |
€ | €6 million | €21 million |
GHG emissions 2020
2020 | |
Thermal | 54 |
Transport | 0 |
Electricity | 46 |
Source: SEAI
Emission type | tCO2 | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Thermal | 18,739 | 54% |
Transport | 107 | 0% |
Electricity | 16,089 | 46% |
At least 1 of the 16 PBs in this sector have data quality issues that were identified by SEAI.