In the Republic, new research has shown that efforts to reduce emissions by retrofitting Irish buildings is stalling.
A study by UK sustainability advisors, 3Keel, and Irish building materials firm, Kingspan, claims just 10% of the Republic of Ireland’s annual retrofitting target was met in 2022, with much of the country’s building stock still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Indeed, a recent report showed that the number of homes using liquid fuel (kerosene) has increased since 2016 by 28,173 to 714,177. Only 39% of Ireland’s housing stock – 827,634 homes – had a valid energy efficiency (BER) rating at the end of 2022 and less than 20% had ratings of B2 or above.
This is perhaps unsurprising. Despite record levels of government funding for national retrofitting programmes, the Public Accounts Committee has been told the . . .
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