Introduction to M&R

Introduction to M&R-2030

All public bodies and schools must report their energy and related data to SEAI annually. The legal basis for this reporting is Regulation 5(3) in SI 426 of 2014. SEAI first developed an online Monitoring and Reporting (M&R) system in 2013 for public bodies and schools to report their energy and track their performance towards the 2020 targets. In 2024, SEAI re-developed the M&R system to track the 2030 public sector targets as set out in the Climate Action Plan:

Every public body has three headline targets for 2030:
•    Improve energy efficiency by 50% by 2030, compared to an energy efficiency baseline.
•    Reduce fossil CO2 emissions by 51% by 2030, from a baseline of 2016-2018.
•    Achieve a total (energy-related) CO2 target for 2030, in tonnes, which equals its fossil CO2 target plus its electricity emissions at GHG baseline less the projected supply-side emissions reduction from electricity by 2030.

The M&R-2030 system has 2 separate reporting platforms for schools and public bodies:
•    The schools reporting platform is simplified and schools are only required to report their school details, size, energy consumption, energy management and projects (if any).
•    The public bodies reporting platform was expanded so that as well as tracking energy performance, it also includes tracking of energy-saving projects, business travel, building register, vehicle inventory, vehicle procurement and compliance with the Climate Action Mandate for relevant organisations. 

Why M&R

The Monitoring and Reporting (M&R) system offers several benefits to your organisation:

• Enables your organisation to fulfil your legal obligations with respect to reporting
• Provides a summary of your organisation's overall energy performance
• Provides a summary of your organisation's greenhouse gas emissions
• Provides access to your organisation's electricity and natural gas consumption data for recent years
• Allows comparison with the progress of other public bodies in achieving targets
• Showcases your achievements

It also helps organisations understand their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, target areas for improvement, identify opportunities, review progress, monitor and benchmark performance and validate savings.

What SEAI publishes

SEAI reserves the right to publish organisation-level data in accordance with paragraph 4 of the terms & conditions. SEAI currently publishes data from the M&R system in two ways.

Annual report on Public Sector Energy Performance

This report presents aggregated data on public sector energy consumption and performance, as well as case studies highlighting exemplary performance. It also lists the energy savings since baseline (%) for all organisations that have submitted a complete report to SEAI.

Data on individual public bodies

SEAI also publishes detailed organisation-level energy consumption and performance data, and a database of energy-saving projects.